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Singapore Gives $2 M as WHO Visits Uganda Nearing Ebola-Free Status

7/16/2026

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Singapore pledged US$2 million to aid Ebola response in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, funding testing, tracing and supplies.
Uganda will discharge its last Ebola patient at Mulago National Referral Hospital, starting the 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the Mulago Isolation Unit as Ugandan health ministry reported 17 recoveries, one admission, two deaths and five local and 15 imported Bundibugyo cases.

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Singapore pledged US$2 million to aid Ebola response in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, funding testing, tracing and supplies.
Uganda will discharge its last Ebola patient at Mulago National Referral Hospital, starting the 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the Mulago Isolation Unit as Ugandan health ministry reported 17 recoveries, one admission, two deaths and five local and 15 imported Bundibugyo cases.