By cutting trees in response to international demand for tobacco, farmers induced wildlife to start eating virus-laden bat ...
Uganda has had more than five Ebola outbreaks in the last two decades, mostly along its western regions close to the DRC, according to the Ministry of Health. The Ebola virus is highly contagious ...
The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...
Uganda has registered more than 50 deaths from Ebola - Copyright AFP BADRU KATUMBA Uganda has registered more than 50 deaths from Ebola - Copyright AFP BADRU KATUMBA ...
A meeting convened by WHO in Africa in February, 2024, aimed to develop a protocol for assessing new treatments for filovirus diseases during outbreaks. Esther Nakkazi reports.
In this explainer, we lay out why the disease, which can kill up to 50 percent of patients who progress to severe symptoms, ...
Epidemiology researchers are harnessing tools developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to untangle the origins of the 2020 Ebola virus disease outbreak ...
Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO Representative to Uganda, welcomed the country's progress in key healthcare areas.
Zika and other public health emergencies, effective communication of public health messages is crucial to control the spread ...
During the 2014/5 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone BBC Media Action supported staff at 42 local or community-based radio stations to improve communication about the disease. During the 2014/5 Ebola ...