UNDP SUPPORTS KCCA EFFORTS TO FIGHT EBOLA By Goodluck Musinguzi The battle to end Ebola virus is registering tremendous success in Kampala city and the country at large and there is hope that the virus will be history soon. In Kampala it’s now day 18 since a case was reported …

AFRICA CDC OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UGANDA’S EBOLA OUTBREAK- AHMED OGWELL OUMA By Goodluck Musinguzi The Africa CDC’s acting Director, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma says Uganda has reached day 39 without recording any new case of ebola which shows the government’s excellent coordination of Ebola-containment measures. “The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is not …

Uganda edges closer to being declared Ebola-free   What you need to know: Africa’s top public health body, Africa CDC ,said on Thursday that the outbreak in Uganda was under control. According to the Ugandan Health ministry, 3,600 health workers are still on standby countrywide, while district and community task …

Ebola in Uganda: Red Cross and community members fight the virus’s spread By Goodluck Musinguzi The Uganda Red Cross Society conducts safe and dignified burials for community members suspected to have died of Ebola Uganda is currently facing an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). The first case of …

PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI COMMENDED OVER HIS SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA AT US-AFRICA LEADERS’ SUMMIT By Goodluck Musinguzi Xavier Becerra, the Secretary for the US Department of health and human services, has commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda over his successful fight against Ebola. He used his leadership skills …

20th/ Dec. 2022 By Timothy Eodu-Karamoja  Leaders from Karamoja in conjunction with the joint security forces have turned focus to inter-district reconciliation meetings to sort out grievances with most affected neighbouring districts. According to Ms Betty Okello Otekat the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Amudat says such meetings are good for …

Will the US-Africa Summit Help  Africa and Africans or It’s for Countering China and Russia’s Influence? By Godwin Agaba The Biden Administration plans to invest at least $55 billion in Africa over the next three years. At the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, President Biden pledged $55 billion over 3 yrs to …

European NGOs in solidarity with Iranian Protestors By Our Correspondent A demonstration was organised in front of the European Commission in Brussels on December 13th, 2022 by several European organisations in solidarity with the people of  Iran. This follows the executions of the two young protestors and the Iran protests …

WEST NILE LEADERS FORM EBOLA TASK FORCE COMMITTEES Peter Taban Data, Resident District commissioner, Adjumani district By Goodluck Musinguzi          ARUA The district leaders from the West Nile region have formed an Ebola task force in preparation for intensified sensitization, and surveillance and to be able to …

EBOLA OUTBREAK: ADJUMANI DISTRICT ON HIGH ALERT, ASKS FOR PPE FOR HEALTH WORKERS Adjumani district officials and development partners during a taskforce meeting on Ebola By Goodluck Musinguzi Adjumani district health department is on heightened alert following the death of a patient in the neighbouring Amuru district who showed Ebola …