New case of EBOLA confirmed in Uganda

Uganda reports a second incursion of EBOLA from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A nine-year-old girl who crossed the border with her mother seeking treatment has been confirmed to be infected with the deadly hemorrhagic disease and will be repatriated. In June, three cases of EBOLA from the Democratic Republic of Congo were confirmed in […]

Death toll from Congo’s EBOLA outbreak exceeds 2 000

The World Health Organization is calling the EBOLA outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo one of the worlds most complex humanitarian crises. In neighbouring Uganda a nine year-old girl taken across the eastern border in search of treatment has joined this killed by the deadly hemorrhagic disease  who now exceed 2000. The UN’s health […]