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Uganda’s Anthrax Outbreak: Climate and Health Intersect

December 11, 2023September 3, 2024 Kelsey Toups

Image courtesy of neiljs; CC-BY 2.0 DEED. As of December 5th, 17 people in the Kyotera district of Uganda have died of what has now

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Update on Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

December 12, 2022September 17, 2024 Makayla Swaciak

Photo courtesy of UNMEER; CC-BY-ND. Since an outbreak of Ebola Sudan strain was declared on September 20, 2022, Uganda has reported a total of 142

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Outbreak of Ebola Sudan Strain Declared in Uganda

September 26, 2022September 17, 2024 Makayla Swaciak

Photo courtesy of NIAID. Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola on Tuesday, September 20 after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in

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Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda

January 11, 2013January 25, 2023 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

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Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda

January 11, 2013January 25, 2023 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

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Updates on Marburg and Ebola

December 3, 2012January 25, 2023 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

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Ebola Strikes Again in Uganda

November 14, 2012January 25, 2023 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

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Sixth Marburg Death in Uganda

October 25, 2012January 25, 2023 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

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DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

October 22, 2012January 25, 2023 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

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Marburg Virus Strikes in Kabale District, Uganda

October 19, 2012January 25, 2023 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

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