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 the Congo.
"The success rate in managing Ebola in Uganda has been good," World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a visit to Kampala on Monday.
He singled out the government’s decision to cancel last week’s Martyr’s Day celebrations that normally attract huge crowds from across the region.
"The system has been very vigilant in detecting cases and now there are 19 total cases, 15 imported and four are I think from Uganda who had contacts with them. So we're glad to witness that. I think the handle is steady we can see and Uganda should continue that way.”
Tedros said Uganda’s experience in managing public health emergencies has helped keep the case fatality rate to less than one percent.
