Today marks the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, four months after the first cases were reported.

I congratulate the government, the people of Uganda and health workers, some of whom lost their lives, for their leadership and dedication in bringing this outbreak to an end.

And we thank donors and partners for swiftly mobilizing resources, and vaccine developers for making candidate vaccines available in record time.

Even in the absence of approved vaccines or therapeutics for this type of Ebola, Uganda was able to use proven public health tools to contain the outbreak.

This outbreak has finished, but WHO’s commitment to Uganda has not.

We remain committed to strengthening Uganda’s health system as part of its journey towards universal health coverage.