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Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Acero poses for a photo with Dr. Charles Njuguna (second from right), the WHO Uganda Incident Manager/Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Cluster Lead during the hand-over ceremony of in-kind contributions of medical supplies worth USD 1,123,672 to address the health impact of the drought and food insecurity affecting 19 districts of Karamoja, Lango, and Teso regions in Uganda.

WHO Strengthens Uganda's Efforts to Address the Health Impact of Drought and Food Insecurity in the Country

Kampala - World Health Organization (WHO) has provided in-kind…
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Asio Sarah, the aunt of Akwii's, cooking meal in her home in Kapelebyong

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Health Emergency

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school…
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Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

First meeting at 8:00am, last one at 7:00pm. In between, Hilda…
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WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

As the first doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan ebola…
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Door-to-door polio vaccine campaign in Uganda

Uganda targets over 8.7 million children with the new oral polio vaccine as part of its process to build health systems resilience

The Ugandan Ministry of Health is set to administer the new oral…
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Contact tracers and village health teams take on Ebola in Uganda

Contact tracers and village health teams take on Ebola in Uganda

Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 20 September,…
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WHO and partners tour Ebola Treatment Centers in Uganda

Ministry of Health and Development partners tour Ebola Treatment Units to strengthen response preparedness in the country

The Ministry of Health in Uganda in partnership with the World Health…
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African health ministers take steps to curb Ebola disease outbreak

African health ministers take steps to curb Ebola disease outbreak

Ministers of Health and government representatives from 9 African…
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Handover of Ebola Kits from USAID through WHO to the Ministry of Health for the protection of Health Workers when caring for Ebola patients in Uganda

Ministry of Health, WHO and USAID strengthen protection of Health Workers During the Ebola Outbreak Response in Uganda

Kampala - The Ministry of Health in Uganda has received from the…
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Health Workers in the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital where Ebola cases from Madudu district have been managed

Uganda Defines Priorities and Needs in Its Ebola Response Plan

Kampala - The Ministry of Health and health development partners…
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