4 days ago · 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. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link ... Health Information for Travelers to Uganda; CDC Ebola website; Travel health and medical ...

4 days 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.

May 6, 2024 · On September 20, 2022, the Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola (Sudan virus) in Mubende District, in western Uganda. This announcement came after a patient with a suspected viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) was identified and isolated at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital.

Feb 3, 2025 · Event: The Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease (SUDV) on January 30, with one death confirmed in Kampala and contact tracing underway in Wakiso District and Mbale District. On February 3, the CDC issued a Level 1 (Practice Usual Precautions) Travel Notice for Ebola in Uganda. Actions to Take:

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).

detect Ebola in the districts with Ebola cases; CDC is helping establish a rapid response unit and training local teams to perform contact tracing and follow-up. Together, the Uganda MOH, MSF, WHO, and CDC also created a unique ID tracing system to track cases and contacts.

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.

5 days ago · On Wednesday, an agency spokesperson said CDC personnel have been cleared to speak one-on-one with their WHO counterparts related to response activities in Uganda and two other countries with different disease outbreaks — Tanzania and Congo.

Updated Ebola in Uganda February 06, 2025 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.