Areas of emergency response
EMERGENCY
UGANDA, EBOLA
Launch date: September 2022
/
End date: October 2023
WASH
Health
PGI
Emergency appeal
MDRUG047
People to be assisted
2.7 million
Funding requirement
CHF 5 million
Expenditure
CHF 555,000
Emergency response
On 20 September 2022, the Ministry of Health
(MoH) Uganda issued a statement announcing
a positive case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD),
of Sudan virus in the district of Mubende. To
reduce the spread of the outbreak, the gov-
ernment issued a lockdown on Mubende and
Kassanda districts. This lockdown has so far
been reported to have reduced the spread of
disease in both districts.
The Uganda Red Cross Society has been sup-
porting the Ebola response since the start of
the outbreak. The URCS supports case manage-
ment (safe and dignified burials and ambulance
services), Risk Communication and Community
Engagement, community-based surveillance,
psychosocial support and coordination.
Achievements
•
Part of a network-wide funding requirement
of 10 million Swiss francs
•
86 per cent of community-based
surveillance alerts investigated within 24
hours
•
450 volunteers trained in community-based
surveillance
•
5,188,525 people reached with health
messaging
•
236 volunteers trained on community
feedback
•
86 per cent of deceased people received
safe and dignified burials
•
448 safe and dignified burials carried out
•
464,369 people reached with risk
communication and community engagement
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