Prior to 2014, the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease on record, caused by Sudan ebolavirus, resulted in 425 cases and 224 deaths in Uganda. There are several reasons for the scope and ...
By cutting trees in response to international demand for tobacco, farmers induced wildlife to start eating virus-laden bat ...
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.
Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like ...
Zika and other public health emergencies, effective communication of public health messages is crucial to control the spread ...
Uganda has registered more than 50 deaths ... who need them most. The first Ebola outbreak killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa. First transmitted to people from wild animals like forest ...
In this explainer, we lay out why the disease, which can kill up to 50 percent of patients who progress to severe symptoms, ...
Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO Representative to Uganda, welcomed the country's progress in key healthcare areas.
Epidemiology researchers are harnessing tools developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, ...
They all reported the same primary symptom: diarrhea. The cause of the outbreak is still unknown, but the agency noted that noroviruses are typically caused by eating contaminated food or drinking ...
A study led by the University of Stirling jointly with the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shed new light on ...
Press Release - To strengthen regional cross-border Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) readiness during public health emergencies, Africa CDC, UNICEF, IFRC, and WHO (the Collective ...