Uganda's recent decision to increase cigarette taxes appears to have anticipated global health trends, coming just weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched its bold "3 by ...

The World Health Organization director for Africa said Uganda has started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) ...

The country has faced multiple outbreaks and, in doing so, has built a resilient health system capable of detecting and containing outbreaks rapidly. With active support from the World Health ...

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the ...

UGANDA: UGANDA’S total number of people living with HIV has surpassed 1.5 million, according to the latest 2024 estimates ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, June 24, 2025/APO Group/ -- In 2005, a young man from northern Uganda walked into the offices of the World Health Organization (W Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

In 2005, a young man from northern Uganda walked into the offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) with a heart full of hope and a 60-day contract in hand. Today, 20 years later, Patrick ...