Archive

While Uganda’s first cases were imported from the neighboring DR Congo into the Kasese district, Kagirita says they are seeing high numbers from the fishing communities and worse they are seeing ladies present with serious genital attacks with many developing big lesions that take a long to clear.

The case was identified during a health camp organized ahead of President Yoweri Museveni's 80th birthday celebrations on September 15, 2024, at Kijaguzo Catholic Parish playground in Semuto, Nakaseke District.

The suspected female patient aged 43 years was detected from private clinic in Lwampanga town council where she had gone to seek treatment.

By Tuesday, Uganda had recorded ten cases from different parts of the country having registered the first two cases in late July.

Dr Daniel Okello the Director Public Health at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) revealed that following the two cases that have been confirmed in the city, they have had to get the two isolation treatment centers at Naguru and Mulago National Referral hospital ready for any cases that may come up.