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The disease affected children aged 5–15 years, mainly in the Acholi sub-region and a few in the Lango sub-region. [71] Over 3,000 confirmed cases were documented as of 2012, with Uganda having the highest number of cases in the world. [72] The disease has profound health effects on children, families, and communities. [73]
There is a shortage of essential drugs in Uganda that are needed to treat the most prevalent diseases among children in the country. According to Uganda Country Working Group, 32–50% of vital medications to treat the most common disease such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, pneumonia, TB, diabetes, diarrhea, and hypertension are not easily accessible ...
The 2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak was confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 20 October 2017 after there had been an initial fatality due to the virus. [ 6 ] The Ugandan Ministry of Health indicated that an individual had died of the virus on 19 October; the following day, 20 October, WHO released a press statement regarding ...
Date Virus Human cases Human deaths CFR Description Oct 2000–Jan 2001 SUDV 425 224 53% Occurred in the Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three greatest risks associated with Sudan virus infection were attending funerals of case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one's family, and providing medical care to case-patients without using adequate personal protective ...
Table: Uganda Trends in Selected SRH indicators [20] Indicator 1980 1995 2000 2006 2011 ... sexually transmitted diseases, prostate cancers, infertility, HIV, and non ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Uganda in March 2020.
The scope of Uganda's success has come under scrutiny from new research. Research published in The Lancet medical journal in 2002 questions the dramatic decline reported. . It is claimed statistics have been distorted through the inaccurate extrapolation of data from small urban clinics to the entire population, nearly 90% of whom live in rural areas.
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