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UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

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Ebola: UN appeals for aid to Uganada after U.S. cancels its assistance

Mar

KAMPALA, March 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was strained by U.S. cuts to foreign aid. ...

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WHO releases $2 million to support Uganda's Ebola outbreak response World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was releasing an additional $2 million to support Uganda's response to its Ebola outbreak, which has killed one person and infected at least eight others. Reuters Reuters

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Ebola" WHO releases another $2 million to help Uganda fight outbreak

Feb

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What Is Marburg Virus? Eight Killed In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number to rise. Katherine Hignett Forbes

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Marburg Virus: Eight Died In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania

Jan

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Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes. The Conversation

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Opinon: wild meat markets are a root cause of Mpox and must be made safer

Nov

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Strategies to beat the 2024 mpox outbreak have so far largely focused on preventing human-to-human transmission.

But we also need to go back to the root causes of disease, particularly where mpox is transmitted from animals to humans.

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Vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.

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Mpox vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge

Nov

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High-risk health workers can get routine Ebola vaccine, says Gavi A global stockpile of Ebola vaccines can be used to protect frontline health workers in high-risk countries routinely, rather than just as an emergency measure during outbreaks, international vaccine group Gavi said on Thursday. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Health workers in high risk countries can get routine Ebola vaccine, says Gavi

Jun

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Trial: Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected USAID/Rwanda / Flickr cc CIDRAP

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Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected-- study

Sep

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Study shows pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa The biggest declines in the belief "Vaccines are important for children" occurred in the DR Congo (20% decline), followed by Uganda (14%) and Nigeria (10.5%). CIDRAP

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Pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa --study

Jun

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