WHO Interventions to Support the Ebola Response in Uganda - September 2022 - 08 February 2023
On 11th January 2023, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Uganda with support from World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end of Ebola outbreak after 42 incubation period with no new cases. It was a milestone event for Uganda having confirmed Ebola virus disease on 20th September 2022 and eradicating it within 69 days!
At the end of the outbreak, the country recorded a total of 164 cases (142 confirmed and 22 probable), 55 confirmed deaths and 87 recovered patients.
As a way forward, MOH and WHO priority is to support the survivors' programme, enhance surveillance activities and leverage on response measures to ensure that there are no more cases. The following report highlights WHO's intervention to support the country's response.
- Articles, impact stories and press releases on the response - https://bit.ly/3Sk07EE
- SitReps by the Ministry of Health with support from WHO - https://bit.ly/3TzkVZU
