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Jan 11, 2013
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Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
Days before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision, two children, from different families, were...
Ebola, Uganda, mubende
Dec 3, 2012
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Updates on Marburg and Ebola

By Anna Tomasulo
On Nov. 28, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported seven cases of Ebola (six confirmed, one probable), and four deaths. The current Ebola outbreak is occurring in the Central Region’s Luweero and...
Ebola, marburg, Uganda, Congo, viral hemorrhagic fever, bat, fruit bat
Nov 14, 2012
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Ebola Strikes Again in Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
On Oct. 4, the WHO declared Uganda’s most recent Ebola outbreak over. Today, Uganda’s WHO country representative, Joaquim Saweka, reports two confirmed Ebola deaths from the Luwero District....
Ebola, Uganda, marburg, Luwero
Oct 25, 2012
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Sixth Marburg Death in Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
This morning, Uganda’s New Vision reported a sixth suspected death in the Marburg outbreak. The Kabale District Director of Health Services, Dr. Patrick Tusiime, has discouraged public gatherings...
marburg, Uganda
Oct 22, 2012
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DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

By Lauren Edmundson
The Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of the recent cholera and Ebola epidemics...
Hajj, Mecca, cholera, Ebola, Uganda, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia
Oct 19, 2012
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Marburg Virus Strikes in Kabale District, Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
Just a few weeks after Uganda was declared free of Ebola, a second hemorrhagic fever strikes. On Friday, Oct. 19, the Uganda Ministry of Health warned the public that Marburg virus has been...
marburg, Uganda, hemorrhagic fever
Sep 5, 2012
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Ebola Winds Down in Uganda and Persists in DR Congo

By Anna Tomasulo
On Monday, September 3, the World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outbreak in the Kibaale district of Uganda was coming to an end. No new confirmed cases have been reported since August...
Ebola, Uganda, DR Congo
Aug 21, 2012
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August 21 Update on Ebola in DR Congo

By Anna Tomasulo
This morning, WHO reported 15 suspected cases and ten deaths in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the suspected cases, two have been confirmed as Ebola-Bundibugyo. The...
Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Bundibugyo
Aug 7, 2012
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Uganda Ministry of Health Updates World on Ebola via YouTube

By Anna Tomasulo
The Ugandan Ministry of Health is releasing video updates on the Ebola outbreak via YouTube. In the update from August 7, the Health Service Commissioner, Dr. Anthony K. Mbyone confirms that the...
Ebola, Uganda, Ministry of Health, YouTube
Aug 6, 2012
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Latest on Ebola, Aug. 6 2012, 12h: Two Suspected Cases in Tanzania, WHO Update for Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
Tanzania: Local news in Tanzania is reporting two suspected cases of Ebola in the Kagera Region. The two suspected cases, a mother and son, traveled from Uganda to Tanzania and are currently...
Ebola, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, WHO
Aug 3, 2012
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Latest on Ebola, August 3, 9h00: Suspected Case of Ebola Escapes Hospital, Kibaale National Park is Reportedly Ebola-Free

By Anna Tomasulo
Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told the Associated Press today that everyone known to have had contact with an Ebola patient has been isolated. There are 176 people being...
Ebola, Uganda, Kibaale, National Park, Prison
Aug 2, 2012
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Latest on Ebola, August 2, 9h20: Suspected Cases Rise in Uganda, Kenya Suspects Second Case

By Anna Tomasulo
Uganda: The WHO reports 16 deaths and 38 suspected cases in Kibaale, while the Ugandan Daily Monitor reports 50. Francis Mugerwa, author for the Daily Monitor, writes that the Kibaale district...
Ebola, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Strange Disease
Aug 1, 2012
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Update on Ebola in Uganda and Suspected Case in Kenya

By Anna Tomasulo
Update on Uganda Reporters from Uganda’s daily publication New Vision write that four people with Ebola symptoms have died. If laboratory reports confirm the presence of the virus, the death toll...
Ebola, Uganda, Kenya
Jul 31, 2012
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Number of Suspected Cases of Ebola Rises in Uganda

By Anna Tomasulo
Reuters reports that eleven more suspected cases of Ebola are in isolation. There are now 36 suspected or confirmed cases. According to Paul Katwa, head of Health Promotion at the Ugandan...
Ebola, Uganda, Kibaale, Kampala
Jul 30, 2012
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Museveni Addresses Uganda's Ebola Outbreak

By Anna Tomasulo
On the evening of July 29, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued a statement on the current Ebola outbreak, in which he called on Ugandans to stop physical contact- shaking hands, in particular....
Ebola, Uganda, Museveni
Jul 26, 2012
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Uganda Reports 16 Dead from Mystery Illness

By Anna Tomasulo
Update: According to USAToday , Ugandan Officials and WHO representatives report that the illness is Ebola. Sixteen people are reported dead in Uganda from a mystery illness. The Uganda...
Uganda, Kibaale, mystery illness
Mar 12, 2012
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"Nodding" to Kony 2012

By Anna Tomasulo
I wager that last week, your twitter feed was dominated by tweets tagged #StopKony or #Kony2012. If you don’t use twitter, perhaps Kony bombarded you via Facebook newsfeed or your Reader of choice...
Kony 2012, Nodding Syndrome, Uganda, LRA
May 21, 2011
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Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Update: New suspect cases as others ruled out

By healthmap
As noted in our previous blog, a 12 year old girl who died at Bombo Military Hospital in Uganda tested positive for Ebola. Since then suspected cases have been reported in Buigiri, Gombe, and...
Ebola, Uganda
May 18, 2011
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Ebola Hits Uganda

By healthmap
Last week, a twelve-year old girl from Luwero died in the Bombo Military Hospital about 60 kilometers outside of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, from the deadly Ebola virus. Ebola was confirmed only...
Ebola, Uganda
Nov 23, 2010
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Possible Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

By healthmap
Last week, a Ugandan newspaper reported a mystery illness had caused 13 deaths in Abim and Agago districts in the north.  The article quoted a local health official who said that Ebola, Marburg,...
Ebola, Uganda
Nov 2, 2010
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Polio update

By healthmap
In the past few weeks, polio cases have been reported in several countries. Polio is an extremely contagious viral disease. Although up to 95% of those infected show no signs, roughly 1% suffer...
polio, india, Pakistan, Congo, Uganda