ACCRA: The head of Africa’s top public health agency said he had written to US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking him to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda since the country has reported no new infections in about a month. “There is no reason for the US to continue with this travel restriction,” Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya told a conference in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on Tuesday.
Africa’s top health official asks US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda
Kaseya urged African countries to support his letter to Kennedy
Uganda’s last Ebola patient was discharged on July 16
July 21, 2026 18:53
ACCRA: The head of Africa’s top public health agency said he had written to US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking him to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda since the country has reported no new infections in about a month.
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