On January 29, 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda officially declared an Ebola outbreak caused by the Sudan virus (species Orthoebolavirus sudanense), in the nation’s capital, Kampala. This is the eighth Ebola outbreak in Uganda since 2000.

18 hours ago · The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

15 hours ago · DFID/Anna Dubuis/Flickr cc. Today the World Health Organization (WHO) said there are now seven cases of Ebola Sudan in Uganda's capital, Kampala, up from two just a couple days ago. The updated case numbers were presented during a WHO Information Network for Epidemics webinar, according to the infectious disease tracking forum FluTrackers.. The index case-patient was a 32-year-old male nurse ...

6 days ago · On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) following confirmation from three national reference laboratories. The case presented with signs and symptoms between 20 and 21 January and died on 29 January at the National Referral Hospital in Kampala. As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, including 34 healthcare workers ...

2 days ago · Uganda is experiencing an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) in Kampala, Mbale, and Wakiso (see map). SVD is a type of Ebola disease caused by infection with the Sudan virus. No vaccines or therapeutics have been approved for the prevention or treatment of SVD.

3 days ago · Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person and infected two others. The first patient, a ...

The South Sudan and the neighbouring state of Uganda enjoy relatively [vague] strong cultural, political, and economic ties. As South Sudan neared independence, both states begun to take advantage of increased opportunities for trade, development and educational exchanges.

3 days ago · Of eight previous outbreaks of the Sudan Ebola virus, five were in Uganda and three in Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had more than a dozen Ebola epidemics , the deadliest killing ...

Dec 19, 2024 · GENEVA – Dozens of men, women and children who fled Sudan have offered vital testimony about the country’s deadly conflict to human rights experts visiting a settlement camp in neighbouring Uganda.

Jan 30, 2025 · It is the country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years and the ninth outbreak of the virus, with five in Uganda and three in Sudan. Ugandan officials said the index patient is a 32-year-old man who worked as a nurse at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital city of Kampala and died after seeking care at multiple facilities.