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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Early this month, Uganda declared an Ebola-Outbreak in Kasese after three people Kasese tested positive to the viral disease. The trio later succumbed to the monstrous disease. The three Ebola victims had just returned from the Democratic of Congo, where an outbreak was announced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda still has a big challenge to fund Ebola prevention efforts amid an influx of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is according to Dr Allan Muruta, the Commissioner Epidemiology and Surveillance at the Ministry of Health. Dr Muruta observes that more than …

WHO warns big outbreaks becoming `new normal’ The Independent | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | On June 9, a 5-year old boy travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with his mother after attending a burial of his grandfather who succumbed to Ebola; the deadly hemorrhagic fever. The grandfather was a pastor …

  Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Uganda ended a 41-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations victory when they upset the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-0 Saturday in a Group A match in Cairo. The Cranes last won at the showcase of African football in March 1978, defeating Nigeria …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of public places in Kasese district have embraced hand washing as one of the ways to prevent the spread of Ebola following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC in August last year. Three people tested positive for Ebola Virus in …

  Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite the spread of the virus to neighbouring Uganda carried by an infected family. The closely-watched decision followed advice from WHO’s emergency …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization emergency committee was meeting Friday on whether to declare a raging Ebola epidemic an international threat, after an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo crossed into Uganda. The WHO panel, which was formed in 2005, has used the label “public …

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said Thursday that his country was seeking to join the East African Community, a regional political and economic bloc. The DRC shares borders with four of the six members of the bloc, and Tshisekedi said on a …

Kampala, Uganda | Grace Matsiko – AFP | A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago, Health Minister Ruth Aceng said Tuesday. Uganda has been on high alert since the outbreak across …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared an epidemic of measles which may have killed 1,500 people, according to statistical analysis. “We have been seeing an increase in the number of suspected cases of measles since the start of the year, …