On January 30, 2025, the Ministry of Health (MoH), Uganda through the National Emergency Operations Centre received a notification of an Ebola Disease (EBOD) outbreak in Kampala City, Uganda following results of a post-mortem sample that was collected from a 32-year-old nurse that tested positive…

The Uganda Ministry of Health declared the outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on 30/01/2025 after a deceased 32 years old male nurse in Mulago’s samples tested positive for Sudan ebola virus disease. Prior to his death, the case-patient had visited Mbale city where he had exposed several…

On March 5, 2024, the Ministry of Health received an alert of a confirmed Ebola Virus Disease case in Kyegegwa District. This was the 12th confirmed EVD case since January 2025 when the first confirmed case was declared in Kampala. MoH deployed epidemiologists from the Public Health Fellowship…

One case of CCHF was confirmed from Kyegegwa district, Western Uganda from samples collected to among suspects of Ebola virus disease. He had history of rearing and slaughtering cows at home. He presented with severe nose bleeding, vomiting blood and passing out bloody stool. A team of…

Uganda confirmed the first two cases of Mpox on 24 July 2024 in Kasese district and the Ministry of Health formally declared an outbreak on 2 August 2024. Since then, the disease has spread inland to several other districts. The National Task Force and the Incident Management Team have been…