Uganda is dealing with one other Ebola outbreak. The Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala after a nurse at Mulago National Referral Hospital died from the virus on January 29, 2025. This marks Uganda’s eighth Ebola outbreak.
Dr. Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, confirmed the information, stating that laboratory assessments carried out by a number of establishments verified the presence of the Sudan Ebola virus. The 32-year-old male nurse, the primary reported case, had sought therapy at a number of healthcare amenities earlier than his situation deteriorated.
He initially introduced with fever-like signs and was handled at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Saidina Abubakar Islamic Hospital in Matugga, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, and even consulted a standard healer. His signs progressed to incorporate excessive fever, chest ache, problem respiratory, and ultimately unexplained bleeding from a number of websites, resulting in multi-organ failure.
Health authorities at the moment are working diligently to hint and monitor all potential contacts to stop a wider unfold. While no different healthcare staff or sufferers have proven signs to date, they’re below shut commentary. Dr. Atwine assured the general public that every one obligatory measures are being taken to include the virus.
The Ministry of Health has launched public consciousness campaigns to coach folks about Ebola’s signs and transmission. Ebola spreads by direct contact with contaminated bodily fluids, and its signs embody excessive fever, fatigue, chest ache, diarrhea, vomiting, and unexplained bleeding. Health officers are urging everybody to take strict precautions to stop additional transmission.
Uganda’s final Ebola outbreak, additionally of the Sudan pressure, occurred between September 2022 and January 2023.
That outbreak resulted in 142 confirmed circumstances and 55 deaths, with a case fatality fee of roughly 39%. Including possible circumstances, the dying toll rose to 77. The outbreak affected 9 districts and contaminated at the very least 19 healthcare staff, seven of whom died. It was declared over on January 11, 2023.