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Samuel Okiror

  • Programme Analyst, UNFPA Uganda
Kampala
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Program Analyst - Learning & Docu, Communication & Advocacy - UNFPA Ug, former Freelance Reporter - TheGuardian.com, TheNewHumanitarian.org. sokiror@gmail.com
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Africa CDC proposes continental Ebola response team in Uganda

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By Samuel Okiror, Ronald Ssekandi, Nie Zuguo
| The Star (Malaysia)
KAMPALA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday proposed establishing a continental Ebola Incident Management Support Team in Uganda to strengthen coordination and monitoring of the disease response across Africa. The proposal was presented during a meeting between a visiting Africa CDC delegation and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe, according to an official statement.
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Uganda suspends DRC flights amid efforts to prevent Ebola outbreak spillover

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By Samuel Okiror, Ronald Ssekandi, Nie Zuguo
| The Star (Malaysia)
KAMPALA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Thursday announced the temporary suspension of flights to and from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease that has killed dozens of people.
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Uganda confirms one imported Ebola case in Kampala

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By Samuel Okiror, Nie Zuguo
| The Star (Malaysia)
KAMPALA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease after a national from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died from the virus in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, said in a statement that the index case was a 59-year-old Congolese man who was admitted to Kibuli Muslim Hospital on Monday.
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