As of January 27, Uganda had 2,462 Mpox cases, with 602 cases reported in the previous 14 days.
As of the aforementioned date, 16 deaths had been recorded.
The Ministry of Health announced in January that “case investigations are being conducted for all positive cases.”
“The RCCE pillar continues to analyse and leverage community feedback insights to greater messages,” the ministry added.
Since the outbreak of Mpox and now the Sudan Ebola virus, various stakeholders have stepped in to support the Ministry’s efforts.
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) announced on Tuesday that volunteers from its Jinja branch have increased public awareness of Mpox and Ebola in the city.
The URCS is targeting densely populated areas such as taxi parks, churches, markets, and schools.
“In their teaching, the volunteers are emphasizing the signs and symptoms, preventive measures and where to report in case one develops signs and symptoms, or identifies a case in the community.”
The World Health Organization stated that it has “immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD), part of the Ebola family.”
The World Health Organization and its partners have facilitated access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments.
“The first 2160 doses of the vaccine and treatments are already in Kampala,” WHO announced on January 31.
One person, a nurse, died after contracting the deadly virus.
He died of multiorgan failure on January 29 at Mulago National Referral Hospital, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.
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