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The Uganda Medical Association says health workers are facing challenges getting patients into isolation

Uganda’s ministry of health says a fourth health worker has died from the spreading Ebola outbreak that has killed 11 people. The outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus began in September but health authorities are also testing a suspected case of the Zaire strain. Fifty-eight-year-old Margaret Nabisubi, an anesthetic officer, is Uganda’s fourth…

At least seven health workers have contracted Ebola during the outbreak which was declared last week with around 65 health workers as contacts of the victims

The Uganda Medical Association has been spearheading a call to Uganda’s ministry of health to provide adequate protective gear to health workers and says there has been a good response

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has assured the country that an Ebola outbreak is under control and that no restrictions on movement are needed. The country’s health officials confirmed cases of a deadly Sudan ebolavirus with six reported deaths out of 31 confirmed cases. Uganda's medical association says some of its members are critically ill and…

President Yoweri Museveni assures the country that Ebola outbreak is under control and that no restrictions on movement are needed