IOM Uganda 🇺🇳

Official account of @UNMigration in Uganda. IOM is the leading Intergovernmental organization dealing with migration. IOM has been working in Uganda since 1988.

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The 4th annual meeting endorsed two Technical Working Group Terms of Reference & workplans, reviewed progress in implementing the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) and discussed Uganda’s GCM Voluntary National Review report, among other key agenda items.

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🇺🇬 @UNMigNetwork, co-chaired by @UNinUganda Resident Coordinator @1ZuluLeonard and IOM Uganda Chief of Mission @SanusiTejan, met today to review progress in strengthening coordination on migration governance and agree on 2026 priorities. This was supported by @UEaDjibouti

[IOM Uganda 🇺🇳 @IOM_Uganda]

🇺🇬 @UNMigNetwork, co-chaired by @UNinUganda Resident Coordinator @1ZuluLeonard and IOM Uganda Chief of Mission @SanusiTejan, met today to review progress in strengthening coordination on migration governance and agree on 2026 priorities. This was supported by @UEaDjibouti

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Last November, @MinofHealthUG conducted a simulation at key points and communities along the 🇺🇬-🇨🇩border, to strengthen the response to any disease outbreaks. Today, that preparedness, supported by IOM, is proving critical as Uganda tackles #Ebola.
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Alongside these efforts, community engagement also remains a key tool, raising awareness on Ebola symptoms, transmission, and prevention to empower people to take action and stay protected.

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At Goli border in Nebbi District 🇺🇬, IOM is supporting @MinofHealthUg’s Ebola response, helping keep communities safe through strengthened health measures including screening, hygiene promotion, and infection prevention. These interventions are made possible by @USForeignAssist

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Access to clean energy in Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement is contributing to environmental conservation, improved household wellbeing, and stronger livelihood opportunities for refugee and host communities. #WorldEnvironmentDay

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Supported by @USForeignAssist, IOM 🇺🇬, together with @MinofHealthUg, has deployed an OmniSense Sentry IV thermo scanner at Entebbe International Airport to strengthen screening of travellers for #Ebola. The machine detects individuals with elevated temperatures within groups.

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Using mobility data and border monitoring, IOM is helping governments and partners identify high-risk areas, strengthen surveillance and support Ebola response efforts in DRC, Uganda and across the region.

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Following the training, they will undertake daily active surveillance within their communities, systematically visiting households, schools, markets, and other gathering points to identify and report people suspected to have Ebola based on symptoms.

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As part of the national #Ebola response, @MinofHealthUG, with support from IOM 🇺🇬, is training VHTs to strengthen Community Based Surveillance in parts of Kampala where urban transmission has been identified, improving detection, reporting, and triage of community alerts.

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By supporting frontline responders and strengthening disease surveillance systems, IOM 🇺🇬continues to contribute to Ebola response efforts.

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The initiative will expand to 20 high-risk districts, including areas with prior outbreaks and those most at risk of cross-border importation and urban spread, across Central Uganda, Bunyoro, Acholi, and West Nile.

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@MinofHealthUG, in collaboration with IOM 🇺🇬, has trained 80 Village Health Team (VHT) members and local leaders in Kasese District in community-based surveillance to strengthen early detection and reporting of Ebola- and mpox-related alerts. This is supported by @StateDeptGHSD

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During the two-day engagement, participants were equipped to identify suspected Ebola cases using standard guidelines, recognize warning signs and unusual health events, and follow alert reporting procedures for timely referral.

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The initiative will expand to 20 high-risk districts, including areas with prior outbreaks and those most at risk of cross-border importation and urban spread, across Central Uganda, Bunyoro, Acholi, and West Nile.

[IOM Uganda 🇺🇳 @IOM_Uganda]

During the two-day engagement, participants were equipped to identify suspected Ebola cases using standard guidelines, recognize warning signs and unusual health events, and follow alert reporting procedures for timely referral.

[IOM Uganda 🇺🇳 @IOM_Uganda]

The initiative will expand to 20 high-risk districts, including areas with prior outbreaks and those most at risk of cross-border importation and urban spread, across Central Uganda, Bunyoro, Acholi, and West Nile.

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📍#Beni | To support the #Ebola response, IOM🇨🇩 supported the transfer of the mobile laboratory from Butembo to Beni (North Kivu).🚛 With logistical support from IOM & @WFPDRC , the equipment will help strengthen local testing capacities and reduce delays in sample analysis. #DRC

[IOM Uganda 🇺🇳 @IOM_Uganda]

Combating Ebola requires coordination across borders and communities. IOM continues to support national efforts to strengthen preparedness and response where it matters most.

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IOM 🇺🇬, with partners, is strengthening @MinofHealthUG’s Ebola response in high-risk border districts. During the Ntoroko District Task Force meeting, the Mission reaffirmed its commitment to train 80 VHTs and Community Health Extension Workers in Community-Based Surveillance.