Uganda has stepped up Ebola screening and contact tracing in Kampala after confirming two new cases involving health workers, raising the country’s total infections to seven as authorities race to contain the outbreak linked to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Uganda's Ebola response exposes the tragic irony of a continent that exports healthcare workers globally while struggling to protect its own medical professionals at home. When Kampala's health workers, the backbone of East Africa's medical infrastructure, become casualties, it reveals how decades of brain drain and underfunded health systems leave Africa's most essential workers dangerously exposed during the crises they're trained to combat.
Uganda's Ebola response exposes the tragic irony of a continent that exports healthcare workers globally while struggling to protect its own medical professionals at home. When Kampala's health workers, the backbone of East Africa's medical infrastructure, become casualties, it reveals how decades of brain drain and underfunded health systems leave Africa's most essential workers dangerously exposed during the crises they're trained to combat.
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