DREF operation n° MDRUG029

Disaster relief emergency fund (DREF)

Uganda: Ebola epidemic

DREF operation n° MDRUG029

GLIDE n° EP-2012-000124-UGA

3 August 2012

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund

(DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate

financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response. The DREF is a vital

part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National

Societies to respond to disasters.

CHF 197,205 has been allocated from the IFRC’s

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support

the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) in

delivering immediate assistance to 900,000 people

in Kibale District and 4 surrounding districts (with

a media campaign),646,700 people in Kibale

District (with health promotion campaigns), 2,500

high risk people (with house-to-house contact

tracing and follow-up), 900 people at risk of

stigmatization (300 discharged from hospitals and

their 600 family members with psychosocial

support and NFI kits), 200 hospital staff (with

personal protective equipment), and 220

volunteers (with training in epidemic control and

psychosocial support) over 3 months. Unearmarked

funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

Personal protective equipment ready to be delivered

from URCS to Kibale Distict/ Photo URCS

Summary:

An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever was confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and World Health

Organization (WHO) on Friday, 27 July 2012 in Kibale district in Western Uganda. By Monday, 30 July 2012,

there were 36 suspected cases of Ebola, with 14 deaths. More cases have continued to be reported in the

affected area, with some being admitted in Kagadi hospital. There are fears that the disease has spread

beyond Kibale. One suspected case was referred by ambulance to Mulago Hospital in Kampala, and died on

22 July 2012. Hospital staff handling the case are being monitored according to protocol and have so far not

displayed any signs of the disease. The full extent of the outbreak is not yet established but is expected to be

clearer after the assessment that started on Saturday, 28 July by a team of MoH, WHO, United States

Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and URCS. The outbreak has been confirmed to be Ebola (Sudan type)

and more laboratory tests continue to be done to further establish the characteristics of this outbreak.

A Uganda Red Cross Society Task Force has been established that will work closely with the Ministry of

Health’s established Task Force consisting of a number of agencies including WHO, Medecin Sans Frontiers

(MSF), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Africa Epidemic Network (AFINET) and other

development partners to coordinate local and international efforts to provide medical supplies and to assist

with transport and personnel.

A total of 220 URCS volunteers have been mobilized and are receiving a refresher training to support the

dissemination of information about the disease and its transmission in Kibale, as well as in Kampala and

other at-risk districts. These volunteers will provide support to the vulnerable communities in tracing and

follow-up of the contacts of the suspected/confirmed cases. Some of these volunteers will also be involved in

psychosocial support, rehabilitation and distribution of Non Food Item (NFI) kits to survivors.

This DREF operation will support Uganda Red Cross Society to reach communities and individuals in Kibale

and the surrounding districts as well as in Kampala as follows: 

Table 2: Ebola situation as at 30

th July 2011:

No. Name of Sub County Cases Deaths

1 Matale 1

2 Mugarama 3 1

3 Nyamarunda* 18 12

4 Kibale T/C 5

5 Bwikara 4 1

6 Muhoro 2

7 Kyabsdima 1

8 Kagadi 2

Total 36 14

*One case referred from Nyamarunda died in Mulago Hospital in Kampala

Coordination and partnerships

In Kibale, a district task force has been set up to help coordinate the response efforts at district level.

Table 3: Members of Kibale District task force:

Sector Lead Agency

Coordination and resource mobilization District Health Officer (DHO)/Respective

stakeholder NGOs

Case management DHO/MSF/WHO

Logistics management DHO//Respective stakeholder NGOs

Community surveillance DHO/ District Education Officer (DEO), URCS

Social mobilization, Information and Education

Communications (IEC)

District Health Educator (DHE) and

URCS/Respective stakeholder NGOs

Burial team/Security and Safety DISO

A similar coordination mechanism at national level has been established at the Ministry of Health

headquarters where URCS is duly represented. The National task force will be meeting every day at 9:00

am at MoH to review and discuss progress of the implementation.

The Ministry of Health and the District Health Team (DHT) remain the main interveners, while humanitarian

agencies such as UNICEF, WHO, international and local NGOs as well as URCS, are being mobilized to act

in partnership to support the district in the response.

These coordination mechanisms help in drawing epidemic response plans, resource mobilization, and in

providing operational guidance that supports resource sharing and avoids duplication of efforts.

An isolation centre has been set up at Kagadi Hospital and by Monday, 30 July 2012, ten (10) suspected

cases had been admitted in the unit. MSF (Holland) is on board and helping in case management and

overall treatment at the established isolation unit. Through the National task force, a refined case definition

has been worked on and shared with stakeholders. The district task force meetings will also help in

developing guidelines on preventing further spread, managing public gatherings during such epidemics, and

burying corpses of the infected.

Red Cross and Red Crescent action

Kibale Branch conducted a joint assessment with the District Health Office, Ministry of Health and WHO that

highlighted the magnitude of the emergency and is guiding the disease control actions.

The branch also mobilized 220 volunteers, readying them for engaging communities with disease control

activities and psychosocial support. The society has also dispatched the available personal protective

equipment (PPEs) to Kibale District to support the case management team and volunteers with their work on

the ground. One senior staff and the regional manager have moved to Kibale to support training of URCS

volunteers by mid week so that the volunteers are ready for action in the community by Friday 3

rd August

2012. IEC materials for community education and sensitization are being reviewed and updated by the social

mobilization sub-committee of the National task force and will be ready for production by Wednesday, 1

August 2012, and also ready for distribution by the end of the first week of August.

URCS has played a central role in previous EHF outbreaks, with its network of trained volunteers

participating in the efforts aimed at controlling these outbreaks.

The needs

Selection of people to be reached:

This operation aims to support the Uganda Red Cross Society in

delivering immediate assistance to: 646,700 people in Kibale District (with health promotion campaigns),

900,000 people in Kibale district and 4 surrounding districts (with a media campaign), 2,500 high-risk people,

(with house-to-house contact tracing and follow-up), 900 people at risk of stigmatization (300 discharged

from hospitals and their 600 family members with psychosocial support and NFI kits), 200 hospital staff

(supported with personal protective equipment), and 220 volunteers (with training in Epidemic Control for

Volunteers-ECV and psychosocial support).

It is estimated that the intervention will need to follow-up over 500 possible cases before the end of the

outbreak and an estimated 2,500 contacts of these suspected cases that have to be monitored for 21 days

so that those that develop symptoms are adequately referred for isolation and treatment.

The people suspected to be infected will usually have any household property that may have come in

contact with their body fluids buried or destroyed, and this will certainly result in a need for essential

household items to be provided to these families for their daily livelihoods. The provision of non-food items

(NFIs) will therefore require approximately 300 NFI kits.

Because of the nature of the disease, there is bound to be stigma and discrimination attached to these

families and therefore the URCS intervention will from the onset target a psychosocial support system for

300 patients discharged from hospital and 600 of their family members.

URCS will build capacities of the volunteers and community members to recognize suspected cases and

report them to the authorities.

Needs assessments have revealed that there is a shortage of PPE in government health facilities for use by

health professionals and volunteers during community activities. On 1 August 2012, Ebola National Task

Force meeting held in Kampala, the need for PPE was identified as one of the key priorities for health

facilities around Kibale and surrounding districts. Ugandan health workers are treating patients with other

illnesses (cholera, malaria, etc.) without PPE. The only way to get the doctors and nurses to look after

patients is to avail them with PPE for reassurance.

The proposed operation

The operation will mainly focus on engaging community based volunteers to undertake intensified health

education and promotion campaigns at household level to improve on community knowledge of the

symptoms and signs of the disease and the procedure to follow while protecting household members and

ensure appropriate referral of suspected cases. The contacts of the suspected cases will be followed-up by

volunteers on a daily basis to monitor the development of symptoms so that those that develop symptoms

are immediately referred. The IFRC ECV toolkit shall be employed to facilitate effective EHF control

interventions where trained volunteers will be facilitated to conduct health promotion campaigns, active case

search, follow up of contacts and referral suspected cases.

In order to reduce risk of wide transmission of the epidemic, mass media and other forms of culturally

acceptable and context-specific IEC campaigns will be employed to promote a wide knowledge and

awareness about the disease, its risks of transmission, actions to take for suspected cases and preventive

measures. This will target the whole of Kibale District and surrounding areas since there is significant

population movement to and from the affected area. The total population of the district is 646,700 people that

will be targeted with the IEC and mass media messages.

URCS will deploy staff from the branch and regional offices as well as technical staff from headquarters to

train volunteers and provide technical support for the planned EHF interventions. The capacities of staff ,

including members of the Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) and the health specialist in ECV, as

well as local capacities in Kibale District departments of Health will be utilised to provide guidance and

support to the field activities.

The National Society Headquarters in Kampala, in line with the IFRC East Africa regional representation

office in Nairobi, will organize with the field teams to participate in the monitoring of the implementation of the

Ebola operation. The Red Cross regional board representatives and the local board members will also...   http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/MDRUG029.pdf

Vietnam tightens border control due to bird flu fears

//03 Aug 2012
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked authorities, especially those in border provinces, to tighten inspections and control of poultry imports in an attempt to halt a bird flu epidemic.
"Development of the disease is becoming complicated in Vietnam and other countries in the world, urging measures to ensure better control of imported poultry, especially poultry that is smuggled into the country," he said.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department, bird flu has re-emerged in 20 provinces and cities across the country since the beginning of this year.
Link here...

[link to www.worldpoultry.net]

More on Tanzania Ebola suspect

It’s red alert over possible Ebola case

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Sunday, 05 August 2012 02:42

By Joas Kaijage, The Citizen Correspondent Bukoba. A state of alert has been imposed along the Tanzania border with Uganda following fears over a suspected outbreak of Ebola in Kagera Region. However, medical personnel said the case was yet to be confirmed until samples from a six-year-old boy admitted to Nyakahanga hospital in Karagwe will be sent for further laboratory tests in Uganda. In an exclusive interview with The Citizen on Sunday, the Karagwe District medical officer, Dr Elias Mayala, said the patient from Nyakatuntu Village has been under quarantine in an isolated room at Nyakahanga hospital awaiting confirmation of the tests. In the interim, Dr Mayala said, district authorities had mounted a strict surveillance of the Mutukula and Murongo border posts. This includes deployment of medical personnel to stop the disease from spreading to Tanzania. He said among other routines, the medical personnel at the border posts were responsible for holding awareness raising meetings on the deadly disease. They were also ensuring that they detect early enough possible cases among visitors crossing to the other side. He said along with the efforts, local FM radio stations in the area have been engaged in disseminating messages on prevention. They are especially used to create awareness of its symptoms and how it spreads among border communities. “In fact, it is not correct to say there is an outbreak of Ebola following this particular suspicion, but strict measures are inevitable to stop the disease from spreading to our side,” said Dr Mayala. Since the reported incident, authorities in Karagwe have also been carrying out investigations to uncover more information. They wish to know whether there is any other related cases near the village in Kieran District where the victim allegedly comes from. An employee at the Nyakahanga hospital, who declined to be named because he was not the spokesperson, said the admitted Ebola- suspected child was placed under quarantine along with his mother. The employee said the child had clear signs of Ebola, including bleeding profusely through his ears and nose when relatives brought him to the Karagwe District Designated Hospital. http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/40-sunday-citizen-news/24625-its-red-alert-over-possible-ebola-case.html

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - UGANDA (10): (KIBAALE) 17TH FATALITY

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201208040122.html


Uganda: Ebola - Death Toll Rises to 17
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One more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while another 2 patients have been admitted to the hospital's isolation ward today. "The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward," Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale's district health officer, revealed.

This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa. Only 2 patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola; 3 others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted. A total of 7 more specimens were taken on Wednesday [1 Aug 2012] from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the [beginning] of the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.

The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe. The health ministry's surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up 232 people suspected to have been in contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.

More so, in Kibaale district, one of the prisoners, who had been admitted to the isolation ward, escaped and is yet to be found. An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.

More dead birds in Vietnam #H5N1

..Up to Date 4-8, in the city of Hai Phong avian influenza has appeared in the An Lao district, Vinh Bao, Kien Thuy, Kien An district and diameter. The city had 66,800 birds were killed and forced to destroy the bird flu. Particularly on 2 and 3-8, the bird flu outbreak in the ward are constantly appearing Most Blessed (District diameter), and Thuan Thien Huu Bang (Kien Thuy district).
Functional departments recommend that people carry out self-protection measures, to prevent disease spread to humans.  Before bird flu situation is complex and changes are likely to be spread out wide, 3-8, Hanoi People's Committee has asked the Public power districts, towns and strengthen advocacy dangerous levels and control measures against avian influenza to persons transporting, slaughtering and trading poultry and poultry products that voluntarily made. Perform aggressive, coordinated, effective preventive measures against bird flu epidemic. In particular, must be clear responsibility for each organization or individual, head of government at all levels, in the prevention of disease in the area ...  http://www.nhandan.com.vn/cmlink/nhandandientu/thoisu/doi-song/i-s-ng-tin-chung/n-ng-nong-tren-di-n-r-ng-t-i-cac-t-nh-b-c-b-va-trung-trung-b-1.361184

Thailand-BMA on rabies alert after rabbit bites family

5/08/2012at 02:18 AM

Health officials are fanning out to contain a rabies threat in Chom Thong district after members of a family were bitten by a pet rabbit infected with the virus.

Deputy Bangkok governor Malinee Sukvejvorakij said the family's members were given rabies injections after their pet rabbit died and posthumously tested positive for the virus.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) health authorities will meet tomorrow to identify the source of the rabbit's rabies infection so they can prevent a possible epidemic.

Their search will probably include a trip to Chatuchak Weekend Market, where the infected rabbit was bought.

....Mr Samruay said the dead rabbit, named Poko, was one of two rabbits he bought from Chatuchak Weekend Market late last year.

The other rabbit, a female, died from diarrhoea shortly after it arrived at their house. Poko, a male, then exhibited strange behaviour after the family bought a second female rabbit from the Sanam Luang II market in Thawi Watthana district, Mr Samruay told Dr Phinai.

Mr Samruay said Poko began biting the feet of family members starting around June 10. The family eventually had to put the rabbit in a kennel.

Mr Samruay's son bled after being bitten by Poko while feeding the rabbit _ he has since received anti-rabies shots.

The animal died on July 28. The next day, the female rabbit also died.

Mr Samruay's family suspected Poko carried rabies and sent its carcass to the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute for examination. The rabies test came back positive. The female rabbit's carcass was not sent for examination.

Mr Samruay and his family received shots from the hospital, but he worried he may have received the injection too late as he was bitten several days before. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/306009/bma-on-rabies-alert-after-rabbit-bites-family

Dr Malinee said he knew of no rabies infections to have been reported among rabbits in Thailand before this case.

Mexico has killed 8 million birds due to #H7N3 #BIRDFLU

Sacrifice and 8 million birds from bird flu
 The CEO of the National Health and Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture, Enrique Sánchez Cruz, reported to have been killed 8 million birds by bird flu, while 40 have been vaccinated million more
Celaya, GTO. - "The vaccine producer is selling at 29 cents a dose, at cost, so it can be applied as quickly as it is doing, because we begin to apply vaccines a week ago, and today are vaccinated 40 million birds, "he said.
Regarding the birds slaughtered and killed, the federal official reported to have been increasing, it is necessary to eliminate the virus and prevent it from contaminating other birds.
"Last week we had eliminated 6 million, and today we have 8 million, because of the following: the vaccination system is doing a sweep of all poultry zones. The birds are finding it is not feasible vaccinate are removed, this has been increasing, "he said.
He clarified that it is not an issue because it is better to leave quickly eliminate the virus continue to control more quickly.
"We have within Mexico on epidemiological surveillance of exotic diseases and endemic, this system operates with 21 officers and 180 private laboratories, which can monitor in real time, every day of the year and where the information is received, we know the evolution of disease, "he said.
The federal official reiterated that there is no justification for the rising price of chicken and the egg, because although there are animals that have died both foods are still produced.
40 million birds have already received the vaccine against bird flu, each costs 29 cents.  http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/sacrificanya8millonesdeavesporgripeaviar-1344260.html

Business as Usual in Kampala Despite Ebola Scare

Residents of Kampala city have continued to conduct their daily activities, others with no precaution despite the announcement of an outbreak of Ebola in parts of Uganda and in the city itself.

Read more: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44209#ixzz22cQi0L9y

Hidden deaths, more influx of patients

Government releases Shs600 million as Ebola claims more lives

A health official at Kagadi Hospital takes stock of a consignment from the National Medical Stores on Thursday. Photo by Ronald Tumusiime

 Sunday, August 5 2012 at 01:00

In Summary

Avoiding individualist. To avoid the cash being swindled by senior government officials, the money has been dispatched to the district account, according to a letter seen by this paper.

A day after this newspaper published the logistical outcry of health personnel fighting against the deadly Ebola epidemic; the government on Friday said it had released Shs627 million to facilitate their activities in Kibaale District.

However, the money has come at a time when the district is registering more infections and deaths. By yesterday, the death toll had reached 17 after a patient died at Kagadi Hospital.
Reports also indicate that three people died in the villages of Ngerebwe and Waihembe on Thursday night after they reportedly showed signs of the disease but health workers could not confirm whether the victims succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever or some other sickness.

Burial committee dispatched
“We sent a burial committee to bury them because they had symptoms similar to those of Ebola,” Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, the vice chairperson of the Ebola taskforce, said. However, a number of residents from the two villages have fled to neighbouring parishes.

“We urge the people to be calm. All efforts are being made to contain the outbreak,” Mr Mfashingabo added. Sunday Monitor has seen a letter by the Health Permanent secretary ministry dated August 1, addressed to the Kibaale Chief Administrative Officer, indicating the money has been wired to the district account.   Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the district health officer, said the epidemic is increasing with more suspected patients admitted to Kagadi Hospital. “Things are not moving on well because we are admitting between three to four people on a daily basis. But we think the funds given will help us to hunt for more suspects,” said Dr Kyamanywa...  http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt+releases+Shs600+million+as+Ebola+claims+more+lives/-/688334/1471088/-/ocpmfi/-/index.html

Ugandan Ministry of Health Ebola Update (4th August).wmv

Ugandan Commissioner of Health Service, Dr Anthony K. Mbyone provides a further update on the recent Ebola outbreak.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21kZxdJ-TM&feature=em-share_video_user

Uganda: Ebola - Death Toll Rises to 17

ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital's isolation ward today.
"The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward," Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale's district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted. A total of seven more specimens ..  http://allafrica.com/stories/201208040122.html

Video from Kenya on negative Ebola suspect

Ebola watch
Published on Aug 4, 2012 by    

http://www.ktnkenya.tv

In the week since Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in its western region, Kenya has registered at least three suspected cases. The ministry of health sought to reassure Kenyans that no case of the deadly virus has been found in the country. It however emerges that the typical symptoms of Ebola mean that Kenyans are on high alert, watching for any outbreak. Are their fears justified?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWtHGicLm4

Kenyans in Migingo fear they could contract Ebola

,,and they should be without strict screening measures..

PHOTO | FILE | NATION Fishermen in Migingo. Kenyans on the island say the unscreened movement of Ugandans on the island may put them at risk of contracting Ebola.

August 4 2012 at 23:30

Kenyans living on the disputed Migingo Island in Lake Victoria have expressed fears they could contract the highly contagious Ebola virus.

The fishermen and traders said their Ugandan counterparts were trooping to the island in large numbers for fishing activities but were not being screened due to a lack of personnel and equipment on the island.

“We are living in extreme fear of contracting the virus which may sweep us here like bushfire due to the lack of a well-equipped medical facility. What we have is one chemist selling the basic painkillers,” said Mr Tom Jairo, a fisherman...

“We want the government to set up a screening centre in Migingo, complete with staff to take care of out safety,” added another fisherman Mr Malachi Otieno.

Migingo has a population of over 1,000 people working as traders, fishermen and sex workers, and who are mainly Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian.

Even some of the security officers who spoke to the Sunday Nation on of condition of anonymity expressed fears for their safety, saying Ugandans were visiting the island in large numbers daily.

“We are very worried and the work morale has gone low … the government should address our plight,” said one of the officers...

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenyans+in+Migingo+fear+they+could+contract+Ebola/-/1056/1471434/-/foayha/-/index.html

Ebola scare in Murang’a slum as man dies of unknown disease -update

Panic gripped Murang’a on Friday after a man died of an unknown disease that locals suspected could be caused by the deadly Ebola virus.
Villagers of Mjini slum reportedly discovered the 30-year-old man who was said to be from Kitui District.
Witnesses said he was passing blood through the mouth and nostrils before he died..
..He asked the public to stop panicking, saying the issue was under control. The MoH said a treatment note found on the deceased’s clothings indicated he had sought treatment for TB at the Port Lietz Hospital in Mombasa on July 23.  http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000063387&story_title=Ebola-scare-in-Murang%E2%80%99a-slum-as-man-dies-of-unknown-disease

Canadian Travel Health Notice

 

The Ministry of Health of Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola haemorraghic fever in the Kibaale District of midwestern Uganda. As of August 1^st, a total of 50 cases, including 16 deaths have been reported. The Ministry of Health of Uganda is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support the response operations...
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/thn-csv/ebola-eng.php

No bleeding = not controlled

How can any U.N.or Gov't agency claim Ebola in Uganda is under control? From the beginning
it was thought to be a mysterious disease and may have been floating around for almost a month before officially named to be Ebola Sudan. Is that what it really is? Possibly, but it has mutated somewhat. They just dont wan't to say that very loud.
However it will be said here and now, this strain is diffferent and could not possibly be contained with these type of symptoms..not to mention an escaped prisoner already documented to be showing symptoms.
Notice you aren't hearing about him anymore , and his test results will be quicky announced as negative. This will be a lie at best, as he was already confined with the other prisoners brought in and kept in a ward with many other infected people. Where are all the test results?


EA in panic as Ebola strikes again in Uganda    

Saturday, August 4 2012 at 19:44

Uganda is studying the puzzling behaviour of the Ebola Sudan virus in the latest outbreak that had killed 16 people mid last week

“So far what we see is that it is atypical. Its behaviour is very suspicious,” Dr Anthony Mbonye the Commissioner for Health Services at the Ministry of Health told The EastAfrican, explaining that unlike the typical Sudan strain, victims in the latest suffer fevers without the bleeding normally associated with the virus.

“Thank God we took a sample early because we would be thinking they are suffering from fever yet it is Ebola,” said Mbonye.

The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola in Kibaale district, about 160km west of Kampala.

Confirmatory test results were done at the Centres for Disease C..  http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/EA+in+panic+as+Ebola+strikes+again+in+Uganda+/-/2558/1471392/-/15qobmx/-/index.html

Muranga ebola scare..possible TB

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Last Modified: 4 Aug 2012 15:22
Murang’a district hospital is on high alert after a man was admitted exhibiting symptoms similar to those of ebola. The man later died sparking panic among local residents. Murang’a north medical officer of health ephantus maree has called for calm in the area urging residents to allow medical practitioners to establish what the man was suffering from.                http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/index.php?videoID=2000059484&video_title=Muranga-ebola-scare.

PEOPLE OF Karagwe fear Ebola into the country ..

 Posted by FrancisAyo on August 4th, 2012



The disease is believed to enter the village mentioned in the name of Longo Karagwe district. Citizens have to be scared and be aware ilaum government to refrain from Uganda to avoid the disease. They claim that the negligence that led to AIDS is entering from Uganda.

karipotiwa first patient admitted in the hospital room of Karagwe in Kagera ... the hospital's chief doctor reports!

Information shortly [breaking news] from ITV / Radio One is a child of six years in Karagwe is seen to have all symptoms of Ebola disease. Anavuja blood, ears and nostrils. Also fever. Her mother baby, nurse and child were placed in special care.  http://bongolifestyle.com/?p=211#.UB0W2Fgs_r0.twitter

Tanzania 6 year old with symptoms of #Ebola

Incoming Ebola Tanzania 6 year old son lying in a hospital of Karagwe, Kagera region having discerned that serious symptoms of Ebola.  http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?m=2

Burundi Government taking measures to counter Ebola virus

Burundi Government taking
measures to counter Ebola virus

HEALTH ministry called upon travelers to avoid "close
physical contact" with local people living in endemic
areas and to avoid trips in endemic areas
.

BUJUMBURA (Xinhua) -- Following the outbreak of the Ebola viral disease in Uganda which has already killed at least 16 people, Burundi has taken measures to counter the disease by controlling all movements of people, the Burundian health ministry said on Friday.

"Training health personnel to use equipment, test and treat people infected with Ebola virus and installing medical teams at the airport of Bujumbura, at various ports and on frontiers to control all movements of people are some of the most urgent moves to be taken," the ministry said in a press release.

Bujumbura-based Prince Regent Charles Hospital has been chosen to host isolated patients attacked by Ebola.

The press release said Burundi remains free of the epidemic, but added its spread is possible due to "population mobility" in the east African region.

The ministry called upon travelers to avoid "close physical contact" with local people living in endemic areas and to avoid trips in endemic areas.

The ministry also called on people who display symptoms of Ebola to quickly consult a physician.

The population has been recommended to implement individual and collective protection measures such as wearing gloves and washing hands with soap.

The Burundian population is also recommended to avoid shaking hands and avoid sharing towels and clothes.  http://www.coastweek.com/3531_ebola_02.htm
.http://www.coastweek.com/3531_ebola_02.htm

Ebola at large? Prisoner with suspected case escapes Ugandan hospital

Published: 04 August, 2012, 03:

A World Health Organization official has stated that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now “under control.” However, a prisoner suspected of being infected with the deadly virus managed to escape from a hospital, spurring fears of further contagion.
The inmate’s test results are yet to be determined.
“Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry,” Dr. Jackson Amune, a commissioner at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, was quoted by CNN as saying.
The prisoner broke out on Friday night, prompting hospital officials to handcuff the four remaining prisoners to their beds. The prisoners are among the 30 people suspected of carrying Ebola at a hospital in the western town of Kagadi, the center of the outbreak.
“We do expect the number of suspected cases to increase,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, a local health officer, noted. “It's important to break transmission and reduce the number of contacts that suspected cases have.”
In the meantime, Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, said the disease was “under control.”
“The structure put in place is more than adequate,” he told reporters in the capital Kampala. “We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases.”
He went on say that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims has been isolated. He also said that Ugandan health officials have written up a so-called “Ebola contact list,” containing the names of 176 people who had even the slightest contact with those infected with Ebola.
Saweka noted the fact that local officials trying to contain the virus were being assisted organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Ebola outbreak was confirmed on July 28, several days EDIT:WEEKS" after villagers in the western district of Kibaale died from it.
The first victim of the virus was a three-month old girl, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement on Wednesday. Fifteen of the 65 people that attended her funeral ended up contracting the disease.
Officials did not respond immediately, as the victims' symptoms were not the usual ones, such as regurgitating blood. The slow response allowed the disease to spread to other villages, as well as the towns of Kagadi and Mulago.
“The doctors in Kibaale say the symptoms were a bit atypical of Ebola,” Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stated in a national address on Monday. “They were not clearly like Ebola symptoms. Because of that delay, the sickness spread to another village.”
Another problem doctors encountered was that many suspected cases refused to go to hospital as they feared they would get infected there. Other suspected Ebola patients, dissatisfied with poor hospital conditions, broke out of their wards to protest the way they were being treated. The Ugandan Ministry of Health also stated that a number of people were refusing treatment “because they believed that the cause of the illness was due to ‘evil spirits.’”
So far, the disease has claimed the lives of at least 16 people http://www.rt.com/news/ebola-uganda-prisoner-hospital-830/

WHO sends team to assist in #Ebola fight

The World Health Organization has sent a team of ten experts to Uganda to help fight the Ebola epidemic.
The WHO Country Representative Dr. Joaquim Saweka says these experts are from USA and Geneva and their major task is to train Ugandan medical personnel on how to handle and treat the epidemic.
He says that by today some of them will be off to Kibaale district to assess the situation on ground.
Saweka has also re-affirmed the organization’s commitment to help the country in times of health disaster and advised government not to restrict movement since World Health Organization is working closely with the ministry of health to control the spread of Ebola.  http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/who-sends-team-to-assist-in-ebola-fight/26596.aspx

#Ebola patient allegedly diagnosed in Kagera

By Emmanuel Onyango

4th August 2012

As the government tries to take measures to prevent the deadly disease of Ebola from spreading into the country, one patient has been discovered to have been infected with the viruses at Nyakage hospital in Karagwe district, Kagera region.

According to one doctor from the hospital who declined to be named because he is not the authorised spokesperson, doctors at the hospital discovered a patient whose name was not immediately established with all signs of the disease when he went there for treatment on Friday.

The doctor further noted that the patient had travelled from Uganda and had entered into the country via Mulongo border in the western part of Kagera region.
Efforts to contact the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Hussein Mwinyi for more clarification about the matter yesterday bore no fruit as he was not ready to speak about the issue, asking the reporter to call him later. However, when efforts were made to reach him about an hour later his phone was switched off.

However, speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Dr Mwinyi said the government had sent medical experts to the Tanzanian border with Uganda in a quest to contain its spread into the country. The disease is known to have killed 14 victims.
Dr Mwinyi told visibly alarmed legislators that the medical experts who have been dispatched to the border were fully equipped with protective gear, medical supplies and other requisite equipment.

They are also able to identify Ebola virus carriers. The minister advised the public, especially those living in the northern regions of Kagera, Mara, Mwanza and Kigoma, some of which share border crossings with Uganda.  http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/?l=44395

#Ebola: Death toll rises to 17

Publish Date: Aug 03, 2012

The death toll is up to 17, and 31 suspected patients admitted

newvision

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By Conan Businge
ONE more person is suspected to have died of the deadly Ebola virus in Kagadi hospital, while other two patients have been admitted to the hospital’s isolation ward today.
“The patient had been admitted in the isolation ward, with signs of having contracted Ebola. But, he unfortunately died in the evening, on arrival in the isolation ward,” Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, who is Kibaale’s district health officer, revealed.
This brings the death toll to 17, and the suspected patients admitted to 31, according to Dr. Kyamanywa.
Only two patients out of those admitted were on Wednesday confirmed to have contracted Ebola. Three others were earlier this week also confirmed to have contracted Ebola, after laboratory tests were conducted.
A total of seven more specimens were on Wednesday picked from the patients admitted at the isolation facility bringing the total number of samples collected since the outbreak to 37, according to Dr. Lwamafa. Results are to be released soon.
The samples are currently being investigated at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.
The health ministry’s surveillance team in Kibaale district is actively and closely following up to 232 people suspected to have got into contact with the dead and sick. They continue to monitored even though they have not showed any symptoms of the disease yet.
An inter-ministerial committee on Ebola has been formed to coordinate the management of the epidemic.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633727-ebola-death-toll-rises-to-17.html

part 4
Several buses ply the Juba-Kampala route daily, and there are also two flights a day from Entebbe to Juba,Sudan http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96011/SOUTH-SUDAN-Preparing-for-Ebola-or-not

Ebola kills 10 in Ntungamo
http://www.weinformers.net/2012/08/02/ebola-kills-10-in-ntungamo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weinformers%2FqOax+%28Uganda+News+%26+Information%29

Permanent secretary Asuman Lukwago said the latest fatality was a case from Luzira, a Kampala suburb, and the patient checked-in with diarrhea and vomiting.  http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mulago+on+alert+as+Ebola+cases+hit+30/-/688334/1469728/-/ypxhflz/-/index.html

same guy as above

Ebola Reaches Kampala – 1 Person Dead at Mulago Hospital http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/08/ebola-reaches-kampala-1-person-dead-at-mulago-hospital-75725.html

 

 

Meanwhile according to Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, the number of patients admitted at the Kagadi Isolation Facility has risen to 31 and the death toll to 18 people  http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/government-sends-600-million-shillings-for-ebola-management/26577.aspx 

Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixqqW0C-4nXDbRyuqqE8kzLcncfw?docId=CNG.2bbaf6b1e340c80d9c43f03c79d67f8d.261

August 3, 2012 -- Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT)Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- One of five prisoners receiving treatment for a suspected case of Ebola virus in Uganda escaped overnight Friday from the hospital at the center of the outbreak, a health official said. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/03/health/uganda-ebola-virus/index.html 

4 under monitoring in Hoima, Kibaale death toll reaches 19 http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44238#ixzz22Ui6maws

Ebola in Uganda – update3 August 2012 -The Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported a cumulative number of 53 suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever including 16 deaths.   http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_08_03/en/index.html

Part 3
No travel ban to Ebola affected areas - Govt
Publish Date: Aug 01, 2012
Health minister Dr. Christine Ondoa has said the government has not imposed a travel ban in the districts affected by Ebola virus.
“The Ebola virus is a self- limiting disease. It can wipe out a family or a village when there are no more people to infect, it dies down. Isolation is the solution and it will contain it,” Ondoa told Parliament  No travel ban to Ebola affected areas - Govt
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633646-no-travel-ban-to-ebola-affected-areas-govt.html

The Kibaale District chairperson, George William Namyaka has banned all public activities including markets, weddings and any other public gathering for fear of spreading Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever  However, this is contradicting the statement from World Health Organization which pointed out that there is no need to ban any public activity because the health officials had traced all the Ebola contacts and quarantined them.
http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/kibaale-district-chairperson-bans-all-public-activities/26530.aspx

on August 1, 2012 Ebola Reaches Kanungu District
Panicked residents of Kanugu district got the shock after one of their health workers who was working in Kigadi died from the Ebola virus. Kemitumba Mackline died Monday July 30th and her body was taken for burial in Kanungu district where she was buried yesterday in a hasty burial.
http://www.ugandapicks.com/2012/08/ebola-reaches-kanungu-district-69452.html

number of dead to 16 http://www.chimpreports.com/index.php/people/health/5311-breaking-ebola-death-toll-rises-176-new-infections-suspected.html

Ebola killed 18 people in Uganda http://www.demotix.com/news/1365947/ebola-outbreak-claims-more-lives-uganda

As of 31 July, 2012, a total of 38 cumulative cases, including 16 deaths have been reported
http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/3647-ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-as-of-01-august-2012.html

August 01, 2012
The Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has urged citizens to take precautions following the deaths of at least 25 people from the Ebola virus in Uganda, Tanzania's Daily News reported Wednesday (August 1st). 
http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2012/08/01/newsbrief-06

Agence France-Presse

08/01/2012 14:34 GMT
KAMPALA, Aug 1, 2012 (AFP) - At least 15 people have died in Uganda from the deadly Ebola virus with the toll likely to rise further, the health ministry said Wednesday.

August 01, 2012
What Is the Current Situation?

The Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Kibaale District of western Uganda. As of July 31, there have been 38 cases and 16 deaths. Five cases have been laboratory confirmed http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/outbreak-notice/ebola-uganda-2012.htm

Thursday, August 2 2012 at 01:00Five people in Kibutamo Village in Kitwe Town Council, Ntungamo District have died of a strange disease in the past two weeks and seven others are admitted at a health centre. Kenneth Kwoshaba 22, who was working as a security guard in Kamwenge, died on July 17. Benon Rumanzi, 45, a close neighbour, died three days later.
Faraziya Katayomba, 93, another resident of the village, died three days later. Jovance Katongana, 42, died last Saturday while Geoffrey Turyahebwa, 21, died on Sunday.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Strange+disease+kills+five+people+in+Ntungamo/-/688334/1468858/-/13urrj0/-/index.html

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http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stor...#ixzz22NbJn73O

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There is tension in Ibanda district after one person died of Ebola-like symptoms at Ibanda hospital

A list of 20 dead not including the above 5, which turns into 10 for a total of 30 at least

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=462986&postcount=165

health officials did not recognize the Sudan strain, which can achieve a 70 percent fatality rate, as it presented differently from the previous Bundibugyo strain, with a 30-40 percent fatality rate; patients presented with fever and vomiting rather than the more typical haemorrhaging usually associated with Ebola.

"We thought it was a strange disease because the symptoms first of all were not like the previous Ebola - that's why people were not cautious about it," he said.  http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96010/UGANDA-Containment-worries-as-Ebola-numbers-rise

PART 2

Ebola death toll rises to 16
News
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:22
in a statement to Parliament, Health Minister Christine Ondoa insisted the situation was under control. http://www.observer.ug/index.php?opt...ews&Itemid=114

The agency says there are 36 suspected cases of the fever in the Kibaale region in western Uganda.
WHO spokesperson in Geneva, Tarik Jasarevic, says the agency is helping the Ugandan government to manage and control the cases of the disease.
"Four cases had been confirmed by lab in the Ugandan Virus Research Institute. Other samples that had been taken proved to be negative. And out of those four confirmed lab cases two have died. There is an isolation ward that has been set up in Kagadi town in Kibaale region and this is where all the suspected cases are currently being treated."
(Duration: 25")http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/en...ola-in-uganda/August 1 2012 at 12:34am

Kampala - Three new cases of the deadly Ebola virus were confirmed on Tuesday in Ugandahttp://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/new-ebola-cases-confirmed-in-uganda-1.1353465

    Ebola claims 4 more at Kagadi, Mulago
Publish Date: Aug 01, The patients who died on Monday all from Kibaale were identified as Susan Nabulya from Burunzi village, the first patient to be admitted at Kagadi hospital, five-year-old Nicholas Asingwire (Kenga village), 12-year-old Kato (Nyamarunda village) and Frediano Nsabimaana of Nyamugusa village in Bwamiramira sub-county  http://www.newvision.co.ug/article/fullstory.aspx?story_id=633630&catid=10&mid=53&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterKemitumba Mackline is reported to have passed away on Monday July 30thhttp://www.newvision.co.ug/news/633642-Panic-grips-Kanungu-district-as-Ebola-suspect-is-buried.html

Richard Besser‏@DrRichardBesser

Sometimes technology doesn't comply. Satellite issues. Not on World News tonight. More next week from Uganda.

he gonna retract earlier statement

Vietnam- #H5N1 in two districts of Quang Ninh and Le Thuy

H5N1 avian influenza are published in two districts of Quang Ninh and Le Thuy (Quang Binh), prevention of epidemics in some localities are neglectful

According to our records, the ducks continue to die. At Le Thuy district, after several days hold, his flock of 1,300 NVT (in the neighborhood of 5, An Xa village, Loc Thuy) began to fall ill and die. Remarkably, the prevention and quarantine measures to translate his T., ducks and many other farmers are very subjective. He T. to the dead birds are still common with healthy children. He explained: "I have been fully vaccinated then. They'd just died today it barely picked it. "
It is known that the An Xa village, 10,000 ducks and going on mortality status; local authorities have 970 children organized destruction. Representative leaders said Thuy Loc People's Committee, soon after announced a commune have taken preventive measures and established four checkpoints on the inter-communal roads; each key 2, 24 / 24 hours. However, as we go along the bald fact Lec (where many duck farms) and saw lots of ducks dead body smells rotten floating concentration anonymously. While a few meters, farmers remain indifferent drop ducks eat seaweed. And in four key block key quarantine only saw two people on duty to check, closing the remaining two no one in sight.
According to Nguyen in heaven, Vinh Quang village chiefs (Thuy Son), this time (after harvesting) people see the low-lying villages in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh are many organizations and duck farming continues to status as the risk of spreading disease and very high losses.

http://www.thanhnien.com.vn/pages/20120803/lo-la-voi-dich.aspx

New pig flu strain can spread at state fairs, CDC warns #H3N2v

ATLANTA — It's the season for state and county fairs, and health officials are reminding fairgoers to be careful around pigs because of a new flu spreading from the animals to people.   
Officials say 29 human cases of the new strain of swine flu have been confirmed in the last year, including 12 this week. Ten were linked to the Butler County Fair in southwest Ohio, which ended last weekend.
The new flu..
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48488574/ns/health-cold_and_flu/

Eight new Ebola cases confirmed in Uganda

Eight new cases of Ebola have been confirmed at Uganda’s Kagadi Hospital, health officials said on Friday. The number of people being “actively followed up” has risen from 232 in the last 12 hours to 253.

“Of the 46 samples collected since the outbreak, by August 2, eight of them were confirmed positive and all are from Kibaale,” the chairman of the Ebola National Task Force, Mr Anthony Mbonye, said.

The Health Minister, Dr Christine Ondoa, said 312 people confirmed to have been in contact with the sick and the dead had been established, 253 of whom were being closely followed.

Meanwhile, World Health Organisation country representative Dr Joakin Saweka said there was no need to issue travel advisories against visiting Uganda.

He the situation was under control and the structure put in place by the Ugandan government were more than adequate.

The assurance came after international media reports seemed to portray a picture of a country in a deep crisis and an account in one outlet that declared the country “deadly.”

“If it were deadly you would not be here. There are 312 contacts being followed in a population of 34 million people, is that enough to say the country is deadly?” asked Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu...  http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Eight+new+Ebola+cases+confirmed+in+Uganda+/-/1056/1470660/-/14q104x/-/index.html

McKenzieCNNofficials brought prisoner who escaped under armed guard back to #Ebola hospital-realised it wasn't him...and released him

#Ebola virus could spread to Europe, experts say

Source: Večernji list
KAMPALA, ZAGREB -- The deadly Ebola virus, which has been raging through Uganda, could spread to Europe since it recently spread to the country’s capital of Kampala.
Flights connect Kampala with numerous European cities.
Experts warn that it will be enough if only one infected person gets on a plane to Paris or Vienna, Zagreb-based daily Večernji list writes.
Ebola breaks out in Uganda occasionally and the source is infected monkey meat. Outbreaks have never spread outside villages because the entire population would die, in most cases in the first 24 hours, before anyone could reach a bigger town.
However, the situation is somewhat different in a village where the last epidemic broke out ten days ago.
One of the villagers
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=08&dd=03&nav_id=81605

Transmission via infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical recovery

Transmission via infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical recovery. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/facts.../en/index.html

Some Ugandan Ebola patients likely to survive - doctors

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:15 GMT

By Elias Biryabarema

KAMPALA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Some of the 32 Ebola patients in isolation at a government hospital in western Uganda's Kibaale district are responding to treatment and may be discharged soon, a health official said on Friday.

The east African country has been battling an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has so far killed 16 people.

Health officer Dan Kyamanywa said on Friday there had been no new deaths in two days.

"There are signs of optimism because a big number of the 32 patients we have in isolation are recovering. In fact 9 of the 32 are doing very well and if they keep their current recovery momentum we might discharge them soon," he said.

There is no cure for Ebola, which is transmitted by body fluids such as saliva, sweat and blood, but doctors can treat symptoms including diarrhoea and vomiting.

Residents in western Uganda say they are too scared to go shopping in local markets for fear of catching the Ebola virus in Kibaale, 170 km (100 miles) west of the capital Kampala.

Kibaale is near the Democratic Republic of Congo where the virus first emerged in 1976, taking its name from the Ebola River.

Tourism Minister Ephraim Kamuntu on Friday acknowledged that the Ebola outbreak was putting off some potential tourists but said Uganda was safe and the outbreak was confined to one district.

In neighbouring Kenya, test results from two suspected cases of Ebola have come back negative, a spokesman for the Public Health Ministry said. (Additional reporting by Drazen Jorgic; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/some-ugandan-ebola-patients-likely-to-survive-doctors

Ebola Outbreak in Uganda (As of 02 August 2012)

As of 2 August 2012, 53 suspected and confirmed cases, including 16 deaths have been reported in Kibaale district, Uganda. A total of 312 people who came into contact with cases are being followed up. To date, there are no confirmed Ebola cases outside Kibaale district.

The Ministry of Health, Uganda has activated the National Task Force (NTF) that is meeting daily to review progress and also provide daily media briefs. The Kibaale district Ebola Task Force is meeting and has mobilised additional funds and supplies from the district and local NGOs. The neighboring districts are on high alert. The government of Uganda has established a Ministerial Ebola Task Force to oversee the activities of the NTF and spearhead resource mobilization. The National coordinator for the Ebola response has arrived in Kibaale to..
[link to www.afro.who.int] 

Not very clear are we?? 53 SUSPECTED? OR 53 CONFIRMED? or is it still 5 confirmed.  We aren't talking about reg Sudan Strain Ebola are we??

Richard Besser‏@DrRichardBesser

I'm in Kagadi, Uganda, epicenter of the ebola outbreak. Experts here say- too soon to say it's under control. See it tonight @ABCWorldNews

I don't believe they dont have full containment at all #Ebola

I don't believe they dont have full containment at all.  Clinton is there,  people are still coming in,or still hiding, or escaping.  WHO are notorius liars as is the MOH from anywhere in that region..or earth for that matter. WHO is run by China don't cha know..and got their hands all up in some Africa.
The original story had 12 people sick and dying from an unknown disease, 1 month ago.. now in less than a week, it was confirmed ebola, and is contained??  Possibly a mutated strain as in not showing bloody symptoms as much, even though I think they eventually show up. A month of people dying and only 14, 16 or 19 dead?? Give me a fuckin break. More than 1 month of ebola and you got only 20 dead?? And only say they have only 16 dead?? That sure is some WEAK ASS EBOLA!
..The Director General of Health Services Dr. D.K.W Lwamafa says surveillance reports from the investigations undertaken by the Ministry of Health, the district and international partners indicate that 21 people have been affected with 13 deaths since June 21..
http://www.chimpreports.com/index.php/people/health/5213-health-officials-rush-to-kibaale-as-strange-disease-kills-13.html

Uganda: Ebola emergency - interview from the frontline

Date Published: 03/08/2012 03:08

Henry Gray, MSF’s logistics emergency coordinator for the ebola outbreak in Uganda, describes his team’s preparations to care for fearful patients and their families, and to help prevent the disease from spreading.
http://www.msf.org.uk/Uganda_Ebola_Emergency_MSF_20120803.news

When is an #EBOLA outbreak considered 'finished'?

The incubation period for Ebola is two to 21 days, according to the WHO. Health officials tell CNN an outbreak is considered to be over following two incubation periods after the last person becomes ill - a total of 42 days.