1 day ago · The Sudan Ebola virus is severe, killing at least 40% of those infected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Uganda is currently experiencing its sixth outbreak of the disease.

2 days ago · KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week. Health workers and others exposed to the Ebola strain are being targeted in the study, which began four days after Uganda announced the death of a nurse in ...

1 day ago · Of eight previous outbreaks of the Sudan Ebola virus, five were in Uganda and three in Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had more than a dozen Ebola epidemics , the deadliest killing ...

5 days ago · Sudan virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates that is due to Orthoebolavirus sudanense (Sudan virus), a viral species belonging to the same genus of the virus causing Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates of Sudan virus disease have varied from 41% to 100% in past outbreaks.

6 days ago · Brazzaville/Kampala – Following the confirmation of an outbreak of Sudan virus disease – which belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease – in Uganda today, World Health Organization (WHO) is mobilizing efforts to support the national health authorities to swiftly contain and end the outbreak. WHO is deploying senior public health experts and mobilizing staff from the country ...

On 11 January 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) that affected nine out of 146 districts: Bunyangabu, Jinja, Kagadi, Kampala, Kassanda, Kyegegwa, Masaka, Mubende, and Wakiso.

The current outbreak is the first outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus in Uganda since 2012. Uganda has developed an increased capacity to respond to Ebola outbreaks over recent years and has a local capacity mobilized and organized with available resources to provide a robust response, but the system could be overwhelmed if the number of cases ...

3 days ago · On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) caused by Sudan virus (SUDV) after samples tested positive for Sudan virus (SUDV) following six suspicious deaths in the country’s central Mubende District.

2 days ago · KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week. Health workers ...

1 day ago · Uganda learned from its outbreak of the Sudan type of Ebola two years ago, Spencer said. At the time, a vaccine trial wasn't ready to be conducted before the outbreak ended.