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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.

Uganda will construct four emergency medical camps inside the Democratic Republic of Congo to treat Ebola patients at the source, a strategy backed by the WHO after Uganda canceled the Namugongo Martyrs Day celebrations to avert a regional health crisis.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Uganda's aggressive border screening and medical surveillance systems for successfully containing a potential Ebola outbreak along the DRC border.

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with partners the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Federation of Red...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Gavi CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar held a high-level meeting at State Lodge, Nakasero, to address challenges in child immunisation...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has allocated funds to assist Uganda in controlling a recent monkeypox outbreak, which first surfaced in July 2024 in...

Uganda has been appointed Coordinator for the Food and Agricultural Organisation/ World Health Organisation (FAO/WHO) Coordinating Committee for Africa...

By BBC As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health...

By BBC Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in...

By BBC The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as "racist" the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus...

By BBC The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has now passed 200,000, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. The total is now...

By BBC The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland China....

By Max Patrick Ocaido Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has encouraged parents to continue being compliant to government’s immunization campaigns because the...

By BBC Rwanda has closed part of its border with DR Congo over the Ebola crisis. At least two people have died from the virus in the past month in the crowded...