Rwanda and Uganda are set to conduct joint exercises aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies that could spread across their borders.
The two-day exercise will begin on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, bringing together health experts from both countries and other stakeholders.
It will focus on improving early detection of disease outbreaks, information sharing and coordination of emergency response efforts whenever an infectious disease or other public health threat emerges.
The partnership also seeks to strengthen the capacity of health authorities in both countries to respond to cross-border disease outbreaks, with the aim of protecting communities, particularly those living in border areas.
The exercise comes as Ebola outbreaks continue to draw attention across the Great Lakes region, with Uganda having recently dealt with the disease.
On July 16, 2026, Uganda announced that it had discharged the last Ebola patient receiving treatment at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. The country then began the 42-day countdown recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) before an outbreak can officially be declared over.
