Category: Ebola
Inside the Troubled Early Days of Guinea’s Ebola Response
PBS Why wasn’t the largest Ebola outbreak on record, which has now killed more than 10,000 people, stopped before it was too late? That’s the question at the heart of Outbreak, a FRONTLINE investigation from journalist and filmmaker Dan Edge that premieres tonight. In vivid, comprehensive detail, the film traces Ebola’s spread across West Africa, uncovering a string […]
May 23, 2023
Congo: a positive Ebola recorded in the Butembo health zone
Local News A positive case of Covid-19 was listed on the 4 samples tested from the Butembo health zone in North Kivu. This revelation was made on Monday, May 8, 2023 by the communicator of the provincial health division of Butembo, Dps-Butembo, Damulo Luhavo, during a press briefing he hosted at the permanence of this […]
May 16, 2023
Pathogens in Pop Culture: Jack Ryan, the Hot Zone, and Ebola
NETEC Podcast In episode two of the Pathogens in Pop Culture series, hosts Lauren Sauer and Rachel Lookadoo welcome guest Dr. Billy Fischer to discuss the portrayal of Ebola Virus Disease in the 2018 Jack Ryan TV series and Richard Preston’s 1994 novel, The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story. Together, they will explore the science behind the […]
May 2, 2023
Declaration of the End of the Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
(US Embassy Uganda) The Ugandan government, in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda on January 11, 2023. Concurrently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded its Level 2 Travel Health Notice related to Ebola in Uganda. The United States terminated […]
Jan 24, 2023
Don’t wait for an Ebola outbreak to vaccinate people against it
(Nature) Uganda’s most recent Ebola outbreak should be a wake-up call to the world. Last October, just 3 weeks into the outbreak, the disease spread to Kampala, a well-connected city of 1.5 million people. From there, it might easily have entered other countries. As the incident manager at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, I coordinated […]
Jan 24, 2023
Uganda receives second batch of Ebola vaccines
(Pulse) The World Health Organisation (WHO) explains that there are currently no licensed vaccines for the Sudan strain of the virus that caused the infections in Uganda, adding that the trial is to determine whether any of the vaccines are effective in combating the Sudan strain.
Dec 27, 2022
Epidemics That Weren’t: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks
(NYT) Some of the most fragile health systems in the world can teach us ways to respond to public health threats early and effectively. When Ebola swept through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018, it was a struggle to track cases. Dr. Billy Yumaine, a public health official, recalls steady flows of people […]
Dec 27, 2022
Ebola in Uganda: 23 days since confirmation of last case, Lockdown lifted in Mubende and Kassanda
(Outbreak News Today) Uganda’s Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus (SVD) on September 20 after a case was confirmed in Mubende district. This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda reported an outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus. According to officials, it’s been 23 days since the last confirmed case was […]
Dec 20, 2022
An early lesson from the Uganda Ebola vaccine trial: Shots must be ready to go before the next outbreak strikes
(STAT) A clinical trial of vaccines targeting the Ebola Sudan virus is starting this week in Uganda, with first doses going into arms potentially on Tuesday. Already, though, this effort has taught the World Health Organization and partners two important lessons. They’ve learned they can get clinical trials to test countermeasures for rare but dangerous […]
Dec 13, 2022
Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient, raising hopes – ministry
(Reuters) Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has killed at least 56 people could be coming to an end. Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and said it was the Sudan strain of the disease, which kills […]
Dec 2, 2022