A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023

A nurse in Uganda's capital has tested positive for the Ebola virus, officials say.

The Uganda and South Sudan governments have embarked on the construction of an electricity transmission line that will enable Uganda to export electricity from Karuma to Juba in South Sudan.

The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago, as well as with a traditional healer, after devel

Uganda sought to dispel fears among HIV patients that a US aid freeze will interrupt treatment and promised that such programs will continue.

The index case sought treatment at Mulago in Kampala, Saidina Abubakar Islamic Hospital in Matugga in Wakiso District, and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale City, as well as from a traditional healer (witch doctor).

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the capital Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from the disease on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the capital Kampala, the health ministry said on Thursday.

After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."

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Uganda declared an outbreak of a relatively rare strain of the deadly hemorrhagic disease Ebola on Thursday. “An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation from 3 National Reference Laboratories,” Permanent Secretary of the Uganda Ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwine told the media.