Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the absence of U.S. support and that Uganda’s health system was notably less prepared and responsive than it had been during the last Ebola outbreak, in 2022.

Five people have been confirmed dead and 21 others injured in a road crash involving nine vehicles.   The accident occurred on Wednesday at 9 pm in Mayanja Valley at Kagoma along the Kampala-Bombo Road.

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | This Women’s Day, we celebrate Ivy Maingi, the General Manager of Glovo Uganda, a vibrant leader who is driving the company’s growth and championing diversity and social impact within the nation’s burgeoning tech industry.

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A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday, adding that efforts were being made to intensify monitoring and contact-tracing measures.

Robert Katende was brought up by his grandma in Uganda and was so poor that he spent all of his time outside of school working in a garden. Nevertheless he excelled at school and when he discovered chess, his life was transformed. He now teaches chess to some of Kampala's poorest children - some of whom can neither read nor write.

A second Ebola patient, a 4-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10.

A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who