Uganda Announces End of Ebola Sudan Virus Outbreak.

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In April 2025, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda officially declared the end of the Ebola Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) outbreak, less than 3 months after it was confirmed in the capital, Kampala.


      - The outbreak was officially declared over after the discharge of the last confirmed patient on 14 March 2025, followed by a 42-day countdown, in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

      - This marked Uganda’s 2nd Ebola outbreak in less than 3 years, which was confirmed on 30 January 2025.

      - The Ebola strain involved in this outbreak was the SVD subtype, which, in past outbreaks, has had a fatality rate of 4 in 10 people infected.

Main Point :-   (i) SVD is a severe disease caused by the Sudan virus (SUDV), which belongs to the same family as the Ebola Virus (EBOV). SUDV was first identified in southern Sudan in June 1976.

      (ii) Prior to this outbreak, there had been 8 previous outbreaks caused by SUDV, with 5 occurring in Uganda and 3 in Sudan. Uganda last reported an SVD outbreak in 2022.


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Capital: Kampala
President: Yoweri Museveni
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