Reuters Merck & Co (MRK.N) said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan ebolavirus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak of the disease. The investigational vaccine that will be donated to IAVI is similar to Merck’s Ervebo vaccine, which is approved against the Zaire…
Reuters News KAMPALA – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding that the government was setting up an additional treatment centre. Fifteen of the confirmed cases were among health workers, of whom six had…
By Pulcherie Adjoha On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts – part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector. Benin has in the last few years become Africa’s leading cotton producer, with annual production of 728,000 tonnes in…
Reuters Africa’s top public health body said on Thursday there was a risk that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda could spread but it was still manageable at this stage and emergency measures were not necessary. “The risk is there but it is a manageable risk,” Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director of Africa CDC, told reporters…
Reuters News Nairobi – Two More People In An Isolation Unit Of Uganda’s Main Hospital Have Tested Positive For Ebola, Bringing Total Cases Recorded In The Facility To Five, The Health Minister Said On Sunday. The five confirmed cases in Kampala are the first known transmission of the virus in the city, coming days after…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South Africa Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan believes South Africa has a good chance of progressing from the group stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year. Jordaan acknowledged the draw was a tough one but added that the absence of a world champion in the group made it slightly…
By AP Experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks,” a World Health Organization official said Wednesday, as the East African country carried out tough preventive measures that include a lockdown in the Ebola-hit areas. Potentially hundreds of thousands of trial vaccine doses will buttress a response effort that still must focus…
By Halligan Agade The World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold heads to Poland with top athletes expected in Poland on Sunday. Uganda’s Joel Ayeko continues his campaign by racing the men’s 8km event in a city that has twice hosted the World Cross Country Championships, while Kenya’s Lucy Mawia, who finished second overall in last season’s…
By Halligan Agade In response to a shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending countries temporarily suspend administering two-dose treatments for cholera and opt for a single-dose shot instead. The recommendation comes as several nations report unprecedented surges in cholera outbreaks. Nearly 29 countries across the world have recorded cholera cases since January…
By Halligan Agade Uganda’s Health Minister said Saturday that three people in an isolation unit of the country’s main hospital had tested positive for Ebola. “Yesterday three individuals from among the 60 in our Mulago isolation facility tested positive for Ebola,” Jane Ruth Aceng said on Twitter. “They will be transferred to the Entebbe Isolation for…
