Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak - WHO Africa

Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak - WHO Africa

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Category : International Published on: January 13 2023

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  • Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the country’s central Mubende district on 20 September 2022.
  • Uganda's outbreak was caused by the Sudan Ebola virus, one of six species of the Ebola virus and for which there is currently no confirmed vaccine.
  • Three candidate vaccines, one developed by Oxford University and the Jenner Institute in Britain, another from the Sabin Vaccine Institute in the United States, and a third from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) -- are being trialled in Uganda.
  • Ebola is named after a river in Democratic Republic of Congo, previously called Zaire, where it was discovered in 1976.
  • Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea.
  • The deadliest epidemic unfolded in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, killing more than 11,300 people.
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