When I first spoke to Yap Boum II in January, 2025, he had recently become Deputy Incident Manager for the continental response to mpox with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Africa CDC reported that there was no direct epidemiological ... the Sudan strain of Ebola that’s infecting people in Uganda. Ebola, which is spread by contact with the bodily fluids of ...

KAMPALA - Uganda’s fight against tuberculosis (TB) is facing a growing challenge due to the increasing burden of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). ;Dr Emmanuel Tweyongyere, a senior medical officer and ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have in recent weeks ...

Your phone, wallet, and keyboard could be dirtier than a toilet seat, experts warn.Speaking in Uganda, Dr Almea Matanock, a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) medical officer from the United States, ...

Medical experts and politicians question who will be chosen as the CDC’s next leader amid a surge in measles cases and ...

The CDC is monitoring various outbreaks around the world — including Marburg in Tanzania, Ebola in Uganda, and mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo — but of these, currently only has the capacity ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head ...

a collaborative initiative between Africa CDC, the African Union Commission, and AUDA-NEPAD. It arrives at a crucial time as Africa grapples with multiple health crises, including a Marburg outbreak ...

Kampala’s military chief announced on Tuesday that the troops had been sent to help “secure” Juba, the capital of Uganda’s northern neighbour. Tension between President Salva Kiir and ...

A decade later and just days into Trump’s second term, Uganda reported another Ebola outbreak ... namely USAID funding and CDC expertise that would appear and help quickly end outbreaks.