{"id":52993,"date":"2025-02-14T09:24:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/who-allocates-additional-2-million-to-help-uganda-contain-ebola-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:26:08","slug":"who-allocates-additional-2-million-to-help-uganda-contain-ebola-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/who-allocates-additional-2-million-to-help-uganda-contain-ebola-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO allocates additional $2 million to help Uganda contain Ebola outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a post on the social media platform X, Ghebreyesus stated that the funds would help strengthen Uganda\u2019s response efforts, including surveillance, laboratory support, logistics, infection prevention, and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO had previously provided $1 million on January 30 and mobilized trial vaccines to aid Uganda\u2019s health authorities in containing the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last month following the death of a 32-year-old male nurse from Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Ministry of Health, as of Wednesday, the country has recorded nine laboratory-confirmed cases, including one fatality, while at least 265 people who had contact with the first case are under monitoring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-81639\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bo-9-e8e81.jpg\" alt=\"WHO is working closely with Ugandan authorities to enhance surveillance, case management, community awareness, and risk communication.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has allocated an additional $2 million to assist Uganda in tackling its ongoing Ebola outbreak, bringing the total support to $3 million in just three weeks, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced 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