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Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region. Tanzania ...

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West ...

An Irish traveller's innocent comparison between South Africa's Coffee Bay and western Ireland sparked defensive reactions ...

Amref Health Africa Group CEO Dr. Githinji Gitahi, reminded African leaders and global stakeholders to rethink health investments. This, he said, will help build resilient and sustainable health ...

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD child has died of Ebola in Uganda, marking the second ... of a broader trend of viral hemorrhagic fevers in East Africa, with Tanzania and Rwanda also reporting Marburg outbreaks ...

So we restored the Ebola prevention immediately ... It reached urban areas, and it began spreading in urban capitals in West Africa and really just exploded. That then became a much, much larger ...

The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people – the virus’s largest death toll. The virus is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissues.