Uganda, WHO announce end of Ebola epidemic that has caused 55 deaths in four months

12 january 2023 - 15:49:19

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over, the Ugandan health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, noting [...] Full text...

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

11 january 2023 - 10:48:05

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the [...] Full text...

Ebola outbreak almost under control in Uganda, says WHO

07 january 2023 - 14:01:08

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ebola epidemic is on the verge of being brought under control in Uganda, with the last case dating back [...] Full text...

Doses of Ebola candidate vaccines expected to be shipped to Uganda next week: WHO

17 november 2022 - 06:16:21

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head [...] Full text...

Uganda confirms 135 Ebola cases, 53 deaths

11 november 2022 - 14:25:26

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Uganda has reported 135 confirmed and 21 probable cases of Ebola in eight different districts, with 53 confirmed and 21 [...] Full text...

Uganda: 9 new cases of Ebola in Kampala, WHO calls for vigilance

25 october 2022 - 13:55:41

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As Uganda reported nine new cases of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to [...] Full text...

39 Ebola deaths recorded in Uganda, capital Kampala affected, says WHO

13 october 2022 - 15:59:19

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reported 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of the Ebola virus in Uganda. It [...] Full text...

African health ministers take steps to curb Ebola disease outbreak

13 october 2022 - 06:21:10

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ministers of Health and government representatives from nine African countries on Wednesday agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread [...] Full text...

WHO supports Uganda Ebola response

13 october 2022 - 05:12:50

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, the Director [...] Full text...

IGAD calls for swift response to Ebola outbreak in Uganda

27 september 2022 - 15:37:11

Djibouti, (Djibouti) - The Ebola outbreak in Uganda requires urgent steps to combat, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh [...] Full text...

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response

27 september 2022 - 12:46:56

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged six weeks ago in the [...] Full text...

Uganda's Ebola outbreak now in three districts, says health ministry

26 september 2022 - 06:35:28

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan Ministry of Health says the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the country is now in three districts after [...] Full text...

Uganda Ebola deaths climb to four; seven suspected deaths under investigation

24 september 2022 - 10:40:25

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan health ministry said here Saturday three more patients had died from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), bringing the total [...] Full text...

WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda, as seven cases confirmed

22 september 2022 - 12:03:29

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World Health Organisation (WHO) is delivering [...] Full text...

Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

20 september 2022 - 14:20:25

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The health authorities in Uganda on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed [...] Full text...

DR Congo declares Ebola resurgence in North Kivu as new case cinfirmed

23 august 2022 - 11:12:36

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola on Monday night, following confirmation of one case in [...] Full text...

WHO: DR Congo investigates suspected Ebola case in North Kivu

20 august 2022 - 19:36:57

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease in the country’s eastern [...] Full text...

WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola

20 august 2022 - 05:26:09

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines [...] Full text...

Democratic Republic of Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

04 july 2022 - 12:44:46

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on MOnday declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the [...] Full text...

Ebola vaccination begins in DRC after latest cases

27 april 2022 - 13:27:38

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday kicked off Ebola vaccination in Mbandaka, the capital city of Equateur Province [...] Full text...

New Ebola outbreak declared in DRC

24 april 2022 - 04:55:12

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The health authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a new outbreak of Ebola, the 14th since 1976, [...] Full text...

Democratic Republic of Congo declares Ebola outbreak over

16 december 2021 - 16:30:00

Brazzaville, Kinshasa (PANA) - The Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province in October – the second in 2021 [...] Full text...

New cases of Ebola detected in DR Congo

04 november 2021 - 06:43:40

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said new cases of Ebola have been declared [...] Full text...

DR Congo starts Ebola vaccination after latest confirmed case

14 october 2021 - 05:42:13

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Ebola vaccination began on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on [...] Full text...

New Ebola case detected in DR Congo's North Kivu

09 october 2021 - 15:56:47

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday announced that a new case of Ebola has [...] Full text...

New test finds 'no evidence' of Ebola virus in Cote d’Ivoire case

01 september 2021 - 06:06:19

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The government of Cote d’Ivoire has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that a second laboratory has tested samples from a patient suspected [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso announces suspected case of Ebola

23 august 2021 - 10:46:57

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso announced on Sunday evening that a suspected case of Ebola virus disease has [...] Full text...

Ebola vaccination campaign launched in Middle Guinea

21 august 2021 - 19:30:16

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A vaccination campaign against the Ebola virus began here Thursday in the prefecture of Labe, central Guinea, where the first case [...] Full text...

Côte d’Ivoire begins vaccination against Ebola

18 august 2021 - 05:25:12

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The vaccination against Ebola of high-risk populations began in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday following the discovery of an outbreak of the disease [...] Full text...

Guinean experts sent to Côte d'Ivoire to fight Ebola

16 august 2021 - 11:13:25

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Sunday dispatched a team of experts and 5,000 doses of vaccine to Côte d'Ivoire where a case [...] Full text...

Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years

15 august 2021 - 10:46:03

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola disease since 1994, the [...] Full text...

US allows flights from Guinea after Ebola outbreak

15 may 2021 - 12:14:45

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement issued by the US Embassy in Conakry, the United States announced the lifting, as of midnight on Friday [...] Full text...

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

03 may 2021 - 17:00:52

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after [...] Full text...

West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola

03 march 2021 - 16:33:58

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries have agreed on a unified [...] Full text...

Guinea has recorded six deaths related to Ebola fever

01 march 2021 - 11:58:10

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded as of last Friday a cumulative total of 11 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease, four probable cases and [...] Full text...

West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat

26 february 2021 - 05:09:08

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As a new Ebola outbreak threatens Guinea, six neighboring countries are urgently scaling up preparation and response efforts to prevent the [...] Full text...

Sixth Ebola-related death recorded in Guinea

25 february 2021 - 10:28:41

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A suspected case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever died of the disease on Monday, bringing to six the number of deaths since [...] Full text...

Irish NGO urges global collaboration in fighting Ebola

25 february 2021 - 10:21:37

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Behavioral change and working with communities to create awareness of Ebola symptoms are some of the best methods in curbing the [...] Full text...

Ebola vaccination starts in Guinea to curb new outbreak

24 february 2021 - 06:20:40

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off on Tuesday in Guinea as the emergency response was escalated to counter the [...] Full text...

WHO steps up efforts to curb Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and DR Congo

20 february 2021 - 07:13:36

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...

Ebola virus disease in Guinea has multiple causes – ANSS

19 february 2021 - 15:56:15

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Three hypotheses are at the root of the resurgence, eight years later, of the Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Dr. Sakoba [...] Full text...

No case of Ebola virus disease registered in Mali - Health Minister

16 february 2021 - 15:01:25

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Health assured, on Monday at a meeting with technical and financial partners that Mali has not recorded any [...] Full text...

Guinea steps up measures to curb spread of Ebola virus disease

16 february 2021 - 12:25:20

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - About 115 contacts of the Ebola virus disease have been identified in Nzérékoré,  about 1,000 km south of the Guinean  capital, [...] Full text...

WHO expresses 'huge concern' about resurgence of Ebola in Guinea

15 february 2021 - 06:52:14

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed "huge concern" about the resurgence of Ebola in Guinea.  “It’s a huge concern to see the resurgence [...] Full text...

Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease spotted in Guinea

14 february 2021 - 16:13:07

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on Saturday in the Guinean southern region of Nzerekore, about 1,000 km from [...] Full text...

WHO sends research team to DR Congo after Ebola outbreak

09 february 2021 - 07:02:41

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has dispatched a research team to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where [...] Full text...

WHO announces detection of new Ebola case in DR Congo's North Kivu

08 february 2021 - 09:47:53

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Sunday announced that a new case of Ebola has [...] Full text...

UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile

12 january 2021 - 07:02:42

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment [...] Full text...

UN humanitarian coordinator calls on DRC to be vigilant even with the end of Ebola epidemic

19 november 2020 - 17:47:20

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN humanitarian coordinator in DR Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, has called on the government to be vigilant even after experts [...] Full text...

WHO announces end of 11th Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

18 november 2020 - 11:58:35

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday announced the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...