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Scientists meet over Ebola vaccine

Moses Ndhaye | January 12, 2023

Health experts are today expected to convene a high-level international meeting to discuss how they will proceed with the trial of the Ebola vaccine. This comes a day after Uganda was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). On Wednesday, the World Health Organisation declared Uganda Ebola-free after spending […]

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Uganda seeks speedy trial for Ebola vaccine

Moses Ndhaye | January 10, 2023

As Uganda is set to be declared free of Ebola disease tomorrow, government has asked the international community to support scientists to carry out speedy trials for the Ebola vaccine. The Minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng says it is important that the Ebola vaccine should be in place […]

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MoH receives second batch of Ebola vaccine for clinical trials

Prossy Kisakye | December 22, 2022

The Ministry of Health has received the second batch of Ebola vaccine set to be used in clinical trials. The World Health Organization (WHO) explains that there are currently no licensed vaccines for the Sudan strain of the virus that caused the infections in Uganda, adding that the trial is […]

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Ebola: MoH to start vaccine trials

Ritah Kemigisa | November 3, 2022

The Ministry of Health is set to hold trials of three vaccines developed to combat the Ebola Sudan virus which has so far killed 43 people. In a statement presented before parliament on Wednesday, the minister of state for primary health, Margaret Muhanga revealed that the three vaccines are; Oxford […]