Kampala, 17 June 2019: – The Ministry of Health received the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to assess the response to the current Ebola outbreak in Kasese District, Western Uganda.

Dr. Tedros held meetings in Entebbe while on his way from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where he visited the Ebola hotspots, Butembo and Katwa. This is his third visit to Uganda since the Ebola outbreak was declared in August 2018 in DRC.

Juba, 14 May 2019 – “I am a regular blood donor and this is my tenth-time donating blood. I am having nothing else to offer but blood to save lives. I appeal to more people to come and give more blood”, says Rashid a committed blood donor in Juba.

The Ministry of Health and Child Care with support from World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated on Wednesday 12 June 2019 a belated World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) and International Day against drug Abuse and Illicit trafficking.

Pemba, Mozambique. 17 June 2019 – The second round of cholera vaccination was launched today by the Ministry of Health in Mozambique with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other health partners targeting over 285 000 people to receive oral cholera vaccine.

Kasese, 17th June 2019:- The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak that was declared on 11th June 2019 after detection of the disease in a 5-year-old boy has put Uganda’s experience in managing hemorrhagic fevers and the ten-months of preparedness effort under the spotlight. Anxious, yet ready, health workers are responding appropriately to the glare.

Gaborone - 14 June 2019: The President of Botswana, His Excellency President Dr Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi, committed his government to delivering on the promise of the National Multi-sectoral Strategy on NCDs. Speaking at the launch of the national multi-sectoral NCD strategy along with the third generation Strategic framework on HIV/AIDS, President Masisi intimated that the launch was a clarion call to all stakeholders and the nation to work together to rid the country of the dual epidemics of NCDs and HIV.

Abuja, 12 June 2019 -  As the` world continues to observe International Environment Day that was held on 5 June 2019, Nigeria is intensifying environmental surveillance activities for polio. 

Kigali, 11 June 2019: A confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was confirmed in Kasese, Uganda. This follows an ongoing 10 months similar Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces in DRC.

Despite the fact that we are surrounded by this public health threat, no Ebola case has been reported in Rwanda. 

In order to protect yourself and prevent the spread of Ebola, it is important to ensure the followings: