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 Program to support the district in the outbreak response on March 6, 2025.
They investigated to determine the outbreak scope, profile clinical characteristics of confirmed cases, conduct contact tracing and active case search and recommend evidence-based control measures. A total of 15 high risk contacts and 1 out of 6 suspects were evacuated.
None of them turned positive for EVD, but one suspect tested positive for Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever who was later evacuated to Fort portal Regional Referral hospital.
A total of 15,403 medical records were reviewed, 105 signals were raised, 39 signals were discarded. Case verification still ongoing by the regional response team.
The team concluded that Kyegegwa district is still a high-risk district for other potential EVD cases since it harboured one confirmed case C-012.
Therefore, there is need for heightened EVD surveillance and vigilance by the medical teams and community leaders, to look out for any VHF suspicious individuals in the community.
Namusisi Ann Mary and Akello Ann Loy (Fellows, on jackets) interviewing a high risk contact of confirmed case C-012 in Kyegegwa District
