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WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border

WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border

20 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA - WHO is working to contain an outbreak of…
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Uganda declared free of Marburg

Kampala, 17th November 2014:- Uganda has been declared free of…
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Minister of Health, Dr. Riek Gai Kok and WHO Representative for South Sudan, Dr Abdi Aden Mohamed addressing a joint press conference in Juba

South Sudan Enhances Preparedness for Ebola and Marburg

WHO in support of South Sudan’s Ministry of Health, continues to…
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MARBURG: UNICEF and WHO support Government’s awareness and surveillance efforts

KAMPALA, 8 October 2014 – The Government and partners have…
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Managing Marburg fever in Uganda

When cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever were recently identified in…
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Experts mine bats in search of Marburg reservoir

Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease…
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Controlling the Marburg outbreak in Angola

The WHO Regional Office for Africa has been leading the international…
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