Do You Know About Uganda's Sudan Virus Disease Outbreak

February 6, 2025 • 4:12 am CST

by Lynette Coulston

(Vax-Before-Travel)

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will host an overview of the current outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus disease in the Republic of Uganda, Africa.

On February 6, 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00 CET, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's Director of epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, and Dr. Anais Legand, WHO's Technical Officer for viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, will present the latest information about this new sudden disease outbreak and prevention and control measures, such as vaccinations.

On February 3, 2025, Uganda's Ministry of Health and its partners launched the first-ever clinical efficacy trial for an experimental Ebola vaccine derived from the Sudan virus species. 

Since 2014, Ebolavirus vaccine technologies have included replication-deficient adenovirus vectors, replication-competent vesicular stomatitis, human parainfluenza vectors, and virus-like nanoparticle preparations. Zaire Ebolavirus vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency, and the WHO.

As of February 2025, no vaccines have been approved to protect people against the Sudan Ebolavirus.

Webinar participants can register for the free EPI-WIN using this Zoom link.

Currently, no suspected, probable, or confirmed Ebola cases related to this outbreak have been reported in the United States or outside of Uganda.

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