The WHO said strong public engagement, including campaigns to counter misinformation, has helped Uganda reduce fatalities from the virus. The mortality rate for the outbreak stands at 11.1 percent.

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The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was ...

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Uganda declared the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January. Ebola symptoms include fever, headache and muscle pains. The virus is ...

But they are still investigating its source. Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's infecting people in ...

There is currently no approved vaccine for Ebola-Sudan, the strain behind the current outbreak. But a vaccination trial for the strain was launched in the country last month. It was praised by the ...

But they are still investigating its source. Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's infecting people in ...

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Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease.