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What does the US withdrawal from the WHO mean for global health?
The US completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending its membership for the first time since 1948.
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Uganda’s Ebola outbreak nearly under control, says Africa CDC
The continental health body says the Ebola outbreak will be over if no new cases are reported in Uganda by January 10.
Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies
Studies in West Africa said the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children.
Uganda extends quarantine in Ebola epicentre for 21 days
The East African nation has so far recorded 141 infections since the outbreak was declared on September 20.
Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak
Case numbers remain low compared with a 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed at least 11,300 people.
Uganda to close schools early after eight children die of Ebola
Education minister says cabinet has decided to close preschools, primary schools and secondary schools from November 25.
Ugandan gov’t under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads in Kampala
Health experts say the government’s response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread.
Ugandan Red Cross workers carry a coffin containing an Ebola victim during a safe and dignified burial in Mubende, Uganda. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Red Cross workers don PPE prior to burying a three-year-old boy suspected of dying from Ebola in Mubende. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Mubende, Uganda. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
A Red Cross worker creates a 'green zone' before donning PPE prior to burying a three-year-old boy suspected of dying from Ebola. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Red Cross workers clean ambulances prior to transporting Ebola victims to hospital. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
The first death from this outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan strain of the virus was announced on September 19 and as yet, there is no vaccine for this strain. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Red Cross workers sanitise a house after burying a three-year-old boy suspected of dying from Ebola. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Ebola prevention signage in Mubende, Uganda. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Emergency response teams, isolation centres and treatment tents have been set up by the Ugandan health authorities around the central Mubende district after 20 recorded deaths and 54 confirmed cases from an outbreak of the Ebola virus. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Construction workers build a makeshift Ebola Treatment Unit in Mubende. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Volunteers receive training on how to conduct safe and dignified burials of Ebola victims. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
Personal protective equipment (PPE) drying after use. [Luke Dray/Getty Images]
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US to screen travellers from Uganda for Ebola as ‘precaution’
Officials note that risk of Ebola outbreak in US remains low and no cases have been confirmed outside Uganda.
Africa CD, WHO to host regional meeting on Ebola in Uganda
The Uganda outbreak has been attributed to the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine.
DRC declares end to latest Ebola virus outbreak
The country’s 15th outbreak comes to an end as neighbouring Uganda races to tackle virus outbreak of its own.
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