http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=14615&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= Uganda Radio Network (URN) is a subscription-based independent news agency and training center that produces current affairs programs, documentaries and the latest news on Uganda. en-en http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/images/logo.png http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=14615&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=53003 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=53003 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:41:52 +0300 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=48396 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=48396 Government is planning to use chemicals to spray in Kitaka gold mines in Ibanda and Kamwenge districts, home to over five million bats. A 2009 study by the Special Pathogens Branch at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found live virus in 5% of the bats tested in the Kamwenge and Ibanda caves. A Marburg outbreak in 2007 was first detected among the miners in the area.]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:29:25 +0300 -0.11967 30.4989 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=48343 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=48343 The Egyptian Embassy in Kampala has cleared 25 students to travel to Cairo to undertake further studies after undergoing screaming for Ebola and Marburg viruses. Last month, the Embassy suspended travel arrangements for 25 students to travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt over Ebola and Marburg scare.]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:25:33 +0300 -0.335238 31.7341 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47834 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47834 The Egyptian Government has ordered ten Ugandan students to undergo fresh Ebola and Marburg screening before they travel to the North African country for studies.]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:53:22 +0300 -0.335238 31.7341 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47821 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47821 10 people who were under monitoring for Ebola Ebola Sudan Virus at Nyimbwa Health Center IV have been discharged after their tests returned negative for the deadly virus. ]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:45:44 +0300 0.833333 32.5 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47494 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47494 Efforts to contain the deadly Ebola virus in Luweero district have received a major blow after some local residents and health officials disagreed on the outbreak. Some of the residents attribute the deaths to witchcraft, not Ebola.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:35:07 +0300 1.28009 32.3862 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=46346 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=46346 Although Uganda was declared Ebola-free last week, a family in Kibaale district that lost twelve members to the disease still struggles to overcome trauma.]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:21:33 +0300 -0.7799 31.3428 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45122 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45122 Two suspected Ebola cases were reported at Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale on Sunday, just as the district counted days before declaring the area Ebola free.]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:55:13 +0300 -0.7799 31.3428 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45059 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45059 Cases of Ebola continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as government continues to find ways to control the outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. ]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:43:33 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44925 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44925 Uganda Prisons authorities will this week assess whether to allow public visits to selected prison facilities following a month-long ban over Ebola outbreak.]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:08:16 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44733 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44733 Two people have been confirmed dead while 14 others are hospitalized following a fresh cholera outbreak in Kibaale district. This comes as the district recovers from an outbreak of Ebola virus that killed at least 17 people between July and August this year.]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:08:14 +0300 -0.7799 31.3428 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44655 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44655 Nine people have died from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. This comes just weeks after the virulent disease was declared “under control” in Uganda, where it killed at least 17 people in Kibaale district in July.]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:28:41 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44629 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44629 An Ebola suspect who has been under monitoring for Ebola at Kabale regional referral hospital has tested negative. ]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:30:40 +0300 -1.23208 30.0124 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44565 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44565 The samples from two suspected Ebola victims from Mblae have both tested negative, easing the tension that had gripped health workers at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital where they have been admitted.]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:39:56 +0300 1.08071 34.1674 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44542 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44542 Business at Kabale referral Hospital is returning to normal after a stampede on Wednesday afternoon when a suspected Ebola patient was brought into the health facility.]]> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:04:32 +0300 -1.23208 30.0124 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44396 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44396 One hundred ninety eight of the 410 suspected Ebola contacts in Kibaale district have been declared free of the hemorrhagic virus and reunited with family and community members. Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the Kibaale district Health Officer, says the contacts were declared Ebola free after 21 days elapsed without them showing the disease signs and symptoms.]]> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:29:39 +0300 1.43194 31.3525 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44384 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44384 The Nebbi District Health Officer Dr Oryema Jakor has clarified that the couple whose deaths on Monday sparked an Ebola scare in the district could have died of dysentery and not the deadly disease now reported in Kibaale district.]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:28:57 +0300 2.47659 31.0917 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44279 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44279 The food vendors were operating along the busy Mbaguta street, Bananuka drive, High street, Markansigh street and Ndahendekere road. ]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:53:03 +0300 -0.61095 30.6533 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44340 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44340 Medical workers and patients at Lira regional referral hospital are in a state of fear after one person was on Tuesday night admitted at the health facility with ebola-like symptoms.]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:59:06 +0300 2.24569 32.8962 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44313 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44313 Health officials in Kibaale district say they have not registered any new Ebola cases since Sunday.]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:14:48 +0300 1.43194 31.3525