The United Nations has made an urgent appeal to obtain $ 11.2 million in order to urgently respond to the requirements of the health situation in Uganda, which has deteriorated a lot after the suspension of American aid, and the Ebola virus was spread.
Hospitals in Uganda relied on the support of the United States, as they provided the sector 34 million US dollars between 2022-2023, by establishing laboratories, financing the management of diagnostic and examination campaigns, and infection control and prevention.
Reuters news agency quoted government officials in Uganda that the health sector budget was damaged after US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid last January.
The United Nations said that the money it wants to collect to save the health sector in Uganda will cover the urgent response to the anti -Ebola in the period between March and May next May.
Return of the disease
On January 30, the Ministry of Health in Uganda announced the outbreak of Ebola disease in the capital, Kampala, and deaths were recorded, including a 4 -year -old child.
The authorities have failed to control the spread of the disease, which is quickly transmitted by mixing with people with it.
The last appearance of the epidemic in Uganda dates back to 2022, when the government announced it permanently at the beginning of 2023 after widespread efforts and support from the United States of America.
During the year 2022, Ebola in Uganda killed 55 out of 143 people, including some health workers.
In the context, Kampala representative of the World Health Organization, Kasondi Mwinga, said that the goal now is to quickly contain the outbreak of the disease, and to address its effect on public health, as well as the social and economic life of people with it.
Ebola is classified as deadly and widespread epidemics, as it causes bleeding inside and outside the body and weakens the human immune system.
The World Health Organization says that there is no drug licensed to combat the Ebola virus, but it started on March 3 in clinical trials for vaccination with a vaccine that has been worked on since January 30.
The organization added that the new clinical experience is supervised by researchers and international organizations with the aim of protecting the people who were mixed with the injured people, and it is expected to come up with positive results in the coming period.