March 6 marks 35 days of response since Uganda declared the Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak on 30 January 2025. To strengthen coordination and resource mobilization efforts, the Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a strategic partners’ meeting. The strategic meeting provided an opportunity to update partners on […]
Uganda today discharged eight patients who had been receiving treatment for Sudan virus disease – which belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease – after two negative tests carried out 72 hours apart. The recovered patients were receiving care at treatment centres in the capital Kampala and in Mbale, a town in the […]
Ugandan legislators clashed in Parliament on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, with one MP hospitalized and 12 others suspended by Speaker Anita Among following a heated altercation. The confrontation erupted when Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality, NUP) aggressively confronted Anthony Akol (Kilak North, FDC), shoving him from his seat near the Speaker. Akol retaliated by striking Zaake […]
Ugandan Members of Parliament are pushing for the establishment of fire brigade units at regional police stations across the country, aiming to prevent property destruction and loss of life in fire incidents. This call to action follows a tragic accident on October 22, 2024, in Kigogwa town along the Kampala-Gulu highway, where a fuel tanker […]
At least 14 people, including several children, were killed when lightning struck a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police reported on Sunday. The tragedy occurred as residents of the Palabek settlement camp, primarily home to people displaced from South Sudan, gathered for a prayer service in a makeshift metallic structure on Saturday night. Located near […]
