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Idadi hiyo ni ndani ya wiki moja tangu mlipuko utangazwe eneo la Mubende na kusambaa Kyegegwa na Kassanda wakati idadi ya wanaodaiwa kuwa na maambukizi ni 36.
Aidh, Rais wa Jumuiya ya Madaktari wa Uganda amedai wafanyakazi wa afya wapo sahihi kutoka huduma maeneo yaliyoathirika kwa madai Serikali haijatengeneza mazingira bora ya kufanyia kazi ili kuweza kushughulikia mlipuko huo ikiwemo kuwa na vifaa bora vya kulinda usalama wao.
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Striking Uganda Ebola medical workers get support
The president of the Uganda Medical Association has expressed support for medical workers who have taken industrial action, accusing the government of not creating a safe working environment for them to handle the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Dr Sam Oledo, the president of the professional grouping of all medical workers in the country says that while doctors are dedicated to keep offering care, they need to be safe first.
“Health workers are demotivated and worried. All the medical workers in the Ebola hot spots must have the safety kit."
"They have to be fully dressed up in a mask, goggles, apron, rubber boots, and double surgical gloves. In the first days of the outbreak several of our colleagues were exposed to the virus. Two medics who worked on a surgical case and are now showing symptoms of Ebola,” Dr Oledo said.
At least seven medical workers have potentially been exposed to the virus.
Dr Oledo added that the striking interns need to be assured of a risk allowance.
“The risk allowances even for health workers who handled Covid-19 were never paid. This is worse, and yet there are no resources available,” he said.
He also said that the Ebola hot spots should be put under quarantine to avoid further spread.
He argued that the government needs to allocate resources to take care of staff recruitment, because hospitals in the areas facing the outbreak have very lean staff, adding, “let there be a structure for disease and epidemic control in hospitals. There should be teams which are consistently there in case of an outbreak.”
The health ministry is expected to meet with the medical workers on Tuesday afternoon to look at a way forward, even though a ministry spokesperson told the BBC on Monday that there was no strike at Mubende hospital, east of the capital, Kampala, which is hosting the main Ebola isolation centre.
An outbreak of the Ebola Sudan strain was declared in the central region of the country last week. At least 36 cases have been recorded, 23 of which ended in death.
Source: The star
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Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday.
Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district.
The virus has now spread to neighboring Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts, with the Ugandan Health Ministry reporting that cumulative cases had risen to 36, including confirmed and probable cases. No cases have been detected in the capital city Kampala.
Ugandan Ministry of Health holds a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2022.
11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda
The Ugandan Health Ministry considers a “probable case” as any person who died from suspected EVD (ebola) and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have lab confirmation.
The ministry considers “confirmed cases” as those with positive lab results. Of the number of infections identified so far, 18 of the cases have been confirmed to be infected while another 18 were suspected of having the virus.
The ministry also stated that five of the deceased patients were confirmed to have died of the virus while 18 were listed as probable deaths. Around 35 patients are currently being admitted, it added.
ganda has experienced four Ebola outbreaks. The deadliest left more than 200 people dead in 2000.
According to the World Health Organization, vaccination against the rare Sudan strain hasn’t been tested for efficacy. However, the Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine has been found to be effective in protecting against the Zaire variant of the Ebola virus.
Source: BBC
Aidh, Rais wa Jumuiya ya Madaktari wa Uganda amedai wafanyakazi wa afya wapo sahihi kutoka huduma maeneo yaliyoathirika kwa madai Serikali haijatengeneza mazingira bora ya kufanyia kazi ili kuweza kushughulikia mlipuko huo ikiwemo kuwa na vifaa bora vya kulinda usalama wao.
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Striking Uganda Ebola medical workers get support
The president of the Uganda Medical Association has expressed support for medical workers who have taken industrial action, accusing the government of not creating a safe working environment for them to handle the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Dr Sam Oledo, the president of the professional grouping of all medical workers in the country says that while doctors are dedicated to keep offering care, they need to be safe first.
“Health workers are demotivated and worried. All the medical workers in the Ebola hot spots must have the safety kit."
"They have to be fully dressed up in a mask, goggles, apron, rubber boots, and double surgical gloves. In the first days of the outbreak several of our colleagues were exposed to the virus. Two medics who worked on a surgical case and are now showing symptoms of Ebola,” Dr Oledo said.
At least seven medical workers have potentially been exposed to the virus.
Dr Oledo added that the striking interns need to be assured of a risk allowance.
“The risk allowances even for health workers who handled Covid-19 were never paid. This is worse, and yet there are no resources available,” he said.
He also said that the Ebola hot spots should be put under quarantine to avoid further spread.
He argued that the government needs to allocate resources to take care of staff recruitment, because hospitals in the areas facing the outbreak have very lean staff, adding, “let there be a structure for disease and epidemic control in hospitals. There should be teams which are consistently there in case of an outbreak.”
The health ministry is expected to meet with the medical workers on Tuesday afternoon to look at a way forward, even though a ministry spokesperson told the BBC on Monday that there was no strike at Mubende hospital, east of the capital, Kampala, which is hosting the main Ebola isolation centre.
An outbreak of the Ebola Sudan strain was declared in the central region of the country last week. At least 36 cases have been recorded, 23 of which ended in death.
Source: The star
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Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday.
Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district.
The virus has now spread to neighboring Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts, with the Ugandan Health Ministry reporting that cumulative cases had risen to 36, including confirmed and probable cases. No cases have been detected in the capital city Kampala.
Ugandan Ministry of Health holds a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2022.
11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda
The Ugandan Health Ministry considers a “probable case” as any person who died from suspected EVD (ebola) and had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case but was not tested and did not have lab confirmation.
The ministry considers “confirmed cases” as those with positive lab results. Of the number of infections identified so far, 18 of the cases have been confirmed to be infected while another 18 were suspected of having the virus.
The ministry also stated that five of the deceased patients were confirmed to have died of the virus while 18 were listed as probable deaths. Around 35 patients are currently being admitted, it added.
ganda has experienced four Ebola outbreaks. The deadliest left more than 200 people dead in 2000.
According to the World Health Organization, vaccination against the rare Sudan strain hasn’t been tested for efficacy. However, the Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV) vaccine has been found to be effective in protecting against the Zaire variant of the Ebola virus.
Source: BBC
