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Uganda safeguards essential health services during Ebola outbreak response

Uganda safeguards essential health services during Ebola outbreak response
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. It was 8 May 2026, before the outbreak was declared in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, and the staff’s index of suspicion was low. After the patient asked to be discharged, she travelled to Kampala, Uganda’s capital city, where she tested positive for the virus. “Two weeks after treatin