As Uganda awaits to be officially declared Ebola-free, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says close to 80 million US Dollars has been spent to halt transmission of the viral disease whose outbreak was declared in September 2022.
Dr Tegnen Woldermariam, the WHO Uganda representative says that donors including individual countries and United Nations agencies made contributions to various initiatives including surveillance, contact tracing and treatment.
He was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of an accountability meeting attended by donors and Uganda government official’s last evening.
While he couldn’t reveal how much exactly was collected from each of the donors, Woldermariam said that the expenditure shouldn’t be a concern, but the many lives saved as the outbreak was controlled in a record 69 days. Dr. Woldermariam speaking…
Now, Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng says the government of Uganda contributed 6 million US Dollars which they reprogrammed from a World Bank Grant meant to fund COVID-19 pandemic-related work. Dr. Aceng on accountability…
She urged people to observe health and hygiene in communities. END.