The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was strained by U.

A 4-year-old child became the second person to die this year of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a quick end to the outbreak that began at the end of January.

Uganda is battling an outbreak of Ebola virus disease that has so far claimed two lives and affected nine, as its Health Ministry, with the support of the World Health Organization, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners, works to contain the outbreak.

Over the weekend the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a new setback in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak. The country reported a new fatal case, which involved a 4-year-old child who died on February 25.

Uganda has reported the second death of a child from Ebola and concerns raised over disease surveillance in the outbreak. A second Ebola patient, a 4-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said,

A four-year-old child is the second confirmed Ebola fatality in Uganda, raising the count to ten cases. The outbreak began in January post the death of a nurse in Kampala. As of mid-February, contacts remain under quarantine,

Uganda is facing renewed concerns over its Ebola outbreak after a second confirmed death from the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a 4-year-old child succumbed to the deadly disease,