Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda caused by the Sudan virus (species Orthoebolavirus sudanense) and to summarize CDC’s recommendations for U.S. public health departments and clinicians about case identification, testing, and biosafety ...

Uganda is experiencing an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) in Kampala, Mbale, and Wakiso. SVD is a type of Ebola disease caused by infection with the Sudan virus.

18 hours ago · The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

4 days ago · On February 3, the CDC issued a Level 1 (Practice Usual Precautions) Travel Notice for Ebola in Uganda. Actions to Take: Visit the CDC Ebola page for more information. Avoid contact with sick people who are showing symptoms. Avoid touching body fluids (blood, sweat, vomit, etc.) from an infected person.

1 day ago · U.S. health officials are telling Americans to take precautions if they travel to Uganda because of an Ebola outbreak.

New Ebola in Uganda February 03, 2025 Uganda is experiencing an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) in Kampala. SVD is a type of Ebola disease caused by infection with the Sudan virus. Check the vaccines and medicines list and visit your doctor at least a month before your trip to get vaccines or medicines you may need.

Providing Ebola treatments to Uganda: The first shipment of the monoclonal antibody MBP-134 arrived in Uganda in October and is being distributed by Ugandan health authorities. Building local response capacity: CDC is working with the Ugandan government to establish a mobile laboratory at the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH).

Jan 11, 2023 · The CDC joins the Government of Uganda and the global public health community in marking the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. Forty-two days, or two incubation periods, have passed since the last case of Ebola was reported marking the end of the outbreak.

CDC is working with the Ugandan government to establish a mobile laboratory at the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). The mobile laboratory is closer to the MSF Ebola Treatment Unit and has water, and limited power.

Oct 18, 2022 · The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the first positive case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda in 2022 caused by Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus) on September 20.