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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Synopsis

Early Action Review of Detection, Notification, and Response Timeliness during Cross-Border Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak, Uganda, 2026

Joshua KayiwaComments to Author , Mudarshiru Bbuye, Ritah Atuhaire, Doreen Nyakato, Mathew Tut, Bayad Nozad, Jovan Baryamujura, Bernard Lubwama, Solome Okware, Pamela Kajumba, Grace Akello, Bonny Kintu, Rebecca Kahunde, Dativa Aliddeki, Motuma Guyassa, Lydia Nakiire, Felix Ocom, Paul Mbaka, Peter Elyanu, Allan Muruta, Atek Kagirita, and Charles Olaro
Author affiliation: National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda (J. Kayiwa, M. Bbuye, R. Atuhaire, D. Nyakato, J. Baryamujura, B. Lubwama, P. Kajumba, G. Akello, F. Ocom, A. Kagirita); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (M. Tut, D. Aliddeki); UK Health Security Agency, London, UK (B. Nozad, M. Guyassa); World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda (S. Okware); Department of Integrated Epidemiology, Surveillance and Public Health Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Kampala (B. Kintu, A. Muruta); National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala (R. Kahunde); Baylor Foundation Uganda, Kampala (L. Nakiire, P. Elyanu); Ministry of Health, Kampala (P. Mbaka, C. Olaro)

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Table 1

Interval timeliness for World Health Organization 7-1-7 response target during cross-border Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, Uganda, 2026*

Interval Definition (dates) Timeliness Target Target met
Detection
 Emergence (May 8) → detection (May 14)
 6 d
 <7 d
 Y
Notification
 Detection (May 14) → notification (May 14)
 <1 d
 <1 d
 Y
Response Notification (May 14) → completion of last early response action (May 16) 2 d <7 d Y

*7-1-7, <7 days to detect a suspected outbreak, <1 day to notify relevant public health authorities, and <7 days to complete essential early response actions.

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