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TIMELINE
30 January 2025: The government declares an SVD outbreak in Mbale district
07 February 2025: DREF allocation of CHF 568,661 for the initial response of the URCS in Mbale, Kampala, Jinja, Wakiso, Mukono, Luwero, and neighbouring high-risk districts.
10 February 2025: IFRC Juba’s cluster delegation operations and logistics staff are deployed alongside a CP3 health delegate.
20 February 2025: The IFRC issues a Federation-wide Emergency Appeal for CHF 6M for 1.3 million people for 10 months.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT
On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala District. This declaration followed confirmation from three national laboratories: the Central Public Health Laboratories, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and Makerere University Laboratories.
Sudan virus (SVD) disease is a severe and often fatal illness affecting humans. First reported in southern Sudan in June 1976, it has since emerged periodically. To date, eight outbreaks caused by SUDV have been reported, five in Uganda and three in Sudan.
The five in Uganda were reported in 2000, 2011, 2012 (two outbreaks) and 2022 (two outbreaks).
Uganda also reported a Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in 2007 and an Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2019.
There are no licensed vaccines or therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of SVD. The estimated case fatality ratios of SVD have varied from 41% to 100% in past outbreaks.