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December

• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda (57) , ProMED-mail, 30 December 2000 -- As of Fri 29 Dec 2000, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported the following:
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda (56) , ProMED-mail, 21 December 2000 -- The outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Uganda is fading fast with only 2 deaths reported in the past 11 days, taking the death toll to 162
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Pakistan: NOT , ProMED-mail, 21 December 2000 -- Pakistan's Federal Health Secretary, Ejaz Rahim, has denied a news item published in The Telegraph on 1 Dec 2000, reporting that Ebola virus had killed 9 people in Pakistan.
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda (55) , ProMED-mail, 20 December 2000 -- The corpse of an elderly man was left lying in Kampala's main taxi park for 2 days because of fear that he had died of Ebola hemorrhagic fever
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda, ProMED-mail, 19 December 2000 -- As of Tue 19 Dec 2000, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for all affected districts of 421 confirmed cases, including 162 deaths.
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 35, World Health Organization, 19 December 2000 -- As of 19 December, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for all affected districts of 421 cases, including 162 deaths.
• UGANDA: Mbarara District declared free of Ebola, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 19 December 2000 -- Mbarara District in southwestern Uganda was declared free of Ebolae at the end of last week according to the Ministry of Health
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda, ProMED-mail, 14 December 2000 -- Tests of blood samples taken from the 3 Ebola fever suspects admitted last week to Jinja Hospital were found negative.
• Uganda / Ebola, Voice of America, 14 December 2000 -- An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda has killed more than 160 people in recent weeks, including a Ugandan doctor whose hospital was at the center of the Ebola "hot zone."
• UGANDA: Analysis discounts suspected Ebola cases in Jinja, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 14 December 2000 -- Three suspected cases of Ebola in Jinja District, southeastern Uganda, have proved not be the viral haemorrhagic fever after laboratory analysis, health ministry officials said on Thursday.
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Uganda, ProMED-mail, 13 December 2000 -- The Ugandan Health Ministry announced here on Tue 12 Dec 2000 that another 7 Ebola hemorrhagic fever cases have been reported in Uganda since last Friday [8 Dec 2000], bringing the total number of cases to 413.
• UGANDA: 4,000 being monitored in Ebola watch in Gulu, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 12 December 2000 -- Health workers in the northern Ugandan district of Gulu were monitoring over 4,000 people suspected to have had contact with victims of Ebola haemorrhagic fever
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 34, World Health Organization, 08 December 2000 -- The cumulative figure for all affected districts in the country is 405 cases and 160 deaths.
• UGANDA: Ebola claims Gulu hospital head, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 December 2000 -- Dr Matthew Lukwiya, medical superintendent of Lacor Hospital in the northern district of Gulu, where the Ebola viral epidemic was first confirmed in mid-October, died of the highly contagious disease on Tuesday morning, bringing the total death toll to 156.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 33, World Health Organization, 05 December 2000 -- As of 5 December the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for all affected districts of 370 cases and 140 deaths.
• UN warns of Ebola risks after deaths of a doctor and 12 nurses in Uganda, UN News, 05 December 2000 -- The United Nations learned "with regret" that one physician and 12 nurses had died of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in a Ugandan hospital, a UN spokesman said today in New York.

  November

• Ebola Vaccine, Voice of America, 30 November 2000 -- A group of U-S scientists has successfully tested a vaccine that protects monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 32, World Health Organization, 30 November 2000 -- As of 29 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 354 cases and 140 deaths.
• UGANDA: Ebola epidemic now contained, WHO says, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 29 November 2000 -- Although four more people have died from the deadly Ebola virus in the northern Ugandan district of Gulu, the epidemic has now been contained
• Natl. Institutes of Health Reports Progress on Ebola Vaccine, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 29 November 2000 -- Four monkeys treated with a vaccine being studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were protected from contracting the deadly Ebola virus, NIH said on November 29.
• SOUTH AFRICA: Researchers hope to find source of Ebola, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 27 November 2000 -- Staff at Johannesburg's National Institute for Virology (NIV) said on Monday that given the resources, they were confident they could identify the host of the deadly Ebola virus.
• KENYA: Ugandans screened for Ebola, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 24 November 2000 -- Fifty Ugandans are being held in a Nairobi hotel undergoing screening for possible Ebola fever.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 31, World Health Organization, 24 November 2000 -- As of 24 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported the following laboratory confirmed cases during the past week, 17-23 November
• UGANDA: Ebola fever still spreading, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 17 November 2000 -- The international medical aid agency Medecins sans frontieres (MSF) has confirmed the outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in a third Ugandan district.
• Ebola Death Toll Rises to 115 in Uganda, People's Daily, 17 November 2000 -- Five new Ebola deaths and two new cases have been reported in Gulu district in northern Uganda in the past three days, bringing the death toll to 115 and the total number of cases to 331 in the country, Uganda Health Ministry announced Friday in Kampala.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 30, World Health Organization, 17 November 2000 -- As of 17 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 329 cases, including 107 deaths.
• UGANDA: No new deaths in Ebola outbreak, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 16 November 2000 -- The Ministry of Health has reported just one new laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (in an undisclosed location) as of Monday 13 November
• GREAT LAKES: Uganda alerts Kenya to Ebola danger, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 15 November 2000 -- Health officials in Uganda have alerted their counterparts in the Kenyan health ministry to the possible danger of an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever after it was discovered that seven Kenyans attended the funeral of a fellow citizen believed to have died from the disease in Masindi district, western Uganda, late last month.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (EHF) - Update 29, World Health Organization, 15 November 2000 -- As of 13 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 1 new laboratory confirmed case. No new deaths have been reported as of 14 November.
• UGANDA: Four Ebola deaths now reported in Masindi, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 14 November 2000 -- The confirmed spread of the viral fever Ebola to a third district, Masindi in western Uganda, was on Monday linked to a woman who fled from a hospital to her home town once she was suspected of having contracted the disease
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda (EHF) - Update 28, World Health Organization, 14 November 2000 -- As of 12 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 320 cases, including 104 deaths.
• UGANDA: Ebola spreads to third district, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 13 November 2000 -- The international medical aid agency, Medecins sans frontieres (MSF), has confirmed the outbreak of Ebola fever in a third Ugandan district.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 26, World Health Organization, 11 November 2000 -- As of 11 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 313 cases, including 101 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 27, World Health Organization, 12 November 2000 -- As of 12 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 320 cases, including 102 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 25, World Health Organization, 10 November 2000 -- As of 10 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 301 cases, including 99 deaths.
• UGANDA: More Ebola deaths in Mbarara, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 10 November 2000 -- Two more deaths from Ebola fever have been reported in the southwestern district of Mbarara, bringing the total number of deaths there to three
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 24, World Health Organization, 09 November 2000 -- As of 9 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 295 cases, including 96 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 23, World Health Organization, 08 November 2000 -- As of 8 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 286 cases, including 94 deaths.
• UGANDA: Warning that Ebola still not under control, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 08 November 2000 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that the number of cases of the viral haemorrhagic fever Ebola now stand at 284, with 91 deaths resulting.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 22, World Health Organization, 07 November 2000 -- As of 7 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures for Gulu district of 284 cases, including 91 deaths.
• Latest figures on Ebola infection rates in Uganda "encouraging:" WHO, UN News, 07 November 2000 -- Calling the latest figures on Ebola infection rates in Uganda "encouraging," the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that the number of cases stood at 284, with 91 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 21, World Health Organization, 06 November 2000 -- As of 6 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 281 cases, including 91 deaths.
• UGANDA: Three Ebola cases confirmed in Mbarara, Integrated Regional Information Network, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 06 November 2000 -- Sixteen people are now under surveillance for possible Ebola infection at Mbarara University Hospital in southwestern Uganda, after reportedly coming into contact with a Ugandan army private, Samuel Bandese, who died at the hospital on 27 October and whose samples tested positive for Ebola antigens
• W-H-O / Ebola, Voice of America, 06 November 2000 -- Two more people have died from the Ebola virus in northern Uganda (during the past 24 hours), raising the death toll from the current outbreak to 92.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 20, World Health Organization, 05 November 2000 -- As of 5 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 280 cases, including 89 deaths.
• Uganda Ebola, Voice of America, 03 November 2000 -- The deadly Ebola virus is spreading to new parts of Uganda, dashing hopes that the disease had been brought under control.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 18, World Health Organization, 03 November 2000 -- As of 3 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 266 cases, including 83 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 19 - WHO Advisory Note, World Health Organization, 03 November 2000 -- WHO recommends no special restrictions on travel or trade to or from Uganda.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda- Update 17, World Health Organization, 02 November 2000 -- As of 2 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 262 cases including 81 deaths.
• First case of Ebola confirmed outside of Uganda's Gulu district: WHO, UN News, 02 November 2000 -- The first confirmed case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever outside the Gulu district in northern Uganda was reported today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
• Uganda Red Cross Calls for Help on Curbing Ebola, People's Daily, 01 November 2000 -- As Ebola cases rose to 239 with 75 deaths recorded in Gulu district in northern Uganda, Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has launched a public appeal to raise 194 million Uganda shillings (about 110,000 U.S. dollars) to help contain the epidemic, the Monitor daily reported on Wednesday.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 16, World Health Organization, 01 November 2000 -- As of 1 November, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 251 cases including 80 deaths.

  October

• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 15, World Health Organization, 31 October 2000 -- As of 31 October the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 239 cases, including 75 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 14, World Health Organization, 30 October 2000 -- As of 30 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported cumulative figures of 224 cases, including 73 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 13, World Health Organization, 29 October 2000 -- As of 29 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 211 cases, including 72 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 12, World Health Organization, 28 October 2000 -- As of 28 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 205 cases, including 71 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 11, World Health Organization, 27 October 2000 -- As of 27 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 191 cases, including 68 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 10, World Health Organization, 26 October 2000 -- As of 26 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 182 cases including 64 deaths. No new deaths have been reported in the last twenty-four hours.
• WHO / Ebola, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- The World Health Organization, W-H-O, says it is optimistic that the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda will be contained within the next three months.
• Ebola in Uganda, Voice of America, 25 October 2000 -- This is the first appearance of the disease in Uganda. It began in the northern town of Gulu, about two-hundred-sixty kilometers from the capital, Kampala. Officials are working to stop the spread of the disease.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 9, World Health Organization, 25 October 2000 -- As of 25 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 176 cases, including 64 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 8, World Health Organization, 24 October 2000 -- As of 24 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 165 cases, including 60 deaths
• W-H-O / Ebola, Voice of America, 23 October 2000 -- The World Health Organization, W-H-O, is appealing for 850-thousand dollars to help the Ugandan government contain and control a deadly Ebola outbreak (in Gulu district).
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 7, World Health Organization, 23 October 2000 -- As of 23 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 160 cases, including 55 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 6, World Health Organization, 22 October 2000 -- As of 22 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 149 cases, including 54 deaths
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 5, World Health Organization, 21 October 2000 -- As of 21 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 139 cases including 51 deaths.
• Ebola / Uganda, Voice of America, 20 October 2000 -- U-S health experts have traced an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda's Gulu District to Sudan.
• UN health agency appeals for funds to help control Ebola outbreak in Uganda, UN News, 20 October 2000 -- The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today appealed for $848,000 to support the Government of Uganda in containing the Ebola outbreak in the country, where the number of cases has risen to 126, with 47 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Uganda - Update 4, World Health Organization, 20 October 2000 -- The Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 122 cases and 47 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Uganda - Update 3, World Health Organization, 19 October 2000 -- As of 19 October, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has reported 111 cases, including 41 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update 2, World Health Organization, 18 October 2000 -- As of 18 October, the Ministry of Health has reported 94 cases, including 39 deaths.
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda - Update, World Health Organization, 17 October 2000 -- As of today, the Ministry of Health of Uganda has reported 81 cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, including 35 deaths
• Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Uganda, World Health Organization, 16 October 2000 -- The World Health Organization (WHO), at the request of the Ugandan Ministry of Health and in conjunction with its partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network*, is coordinating the international response to an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in Gulu District, northern Uganda.

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