A health worker wearing a face mask as part of his personal protection equipment (PPE) looks on at the Mulago National Referral Hospital isolation unit in Kampala, Uganda, on July 8, 2026. The head of the World Health Organization visited Uganda on Monday and praised its efforts to limit the spread of an Ebola outbreak from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The WHO has declared an international health emergency over the outbreak which has caused 515 confirmed infections in the DRC, including 91 deaths, since it was announced on May 15 in northeastern DRC.
Uganda has recorded 19 cases and two deaths. All but five have been Congolese nationals who crossed the border.
"The success rate in managing Ebola in Uganda has been good," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a visit to the Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital, Kampala. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)