#Ministry of Health on Ebola

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has appealed to the U.S. government to lift temporary Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda. Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya emphasized that Uganda has successfully contained the virus, tracking no new cases since late June 2026, and urged scientific evidence over broad travel penalties.

President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that Uganda has gone five days without a new Ebola case, using a live national address to ban handshakes and demand strict public discipline to completely eliminate the outbreak.

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine have demanded that foreign nations lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda, warning that bans cripple the movement of essential medical supplies and personnel.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Kampala, marking the country’s eighth Ebola outbreak. Laboratory...