US gives Uganda over Shs15b for Mpox response

The United States on Tuesday announced a $4.1 million (over Shs15 billion) funding and 5, 500 mpox tests to support Uganda’s response to the viral infection as confirmed cases approach 100 in the country.

The US mission in Kampala added that Washington, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $1.4 million to the World Health Organization (WHO), $600,000 to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and $400,000 to USAID Uganda Health Activity implemented by the University Research Collaborative (URC), to support Uganda’s mpox…