Thirty-seven days to Kasese. Here's the health update we know a lot of you have been waiting for.

Uganda is safe. Uganda is open.

The Ministry of Health confirmed today that Uganda's last remaining Ebola patient has been discharged — there are currently zero active cases in the country. Uganda has now entered a 42-day countdown toward an official World Health Organization declaration that the outbreak is over.

As the Ministry put it at today's press conference:

"Today we discharged our last Ebola survivor. As we speak, we have no patient with Ebola in Uganda. We have started the countdown of 42 days for WHO to declare us Ebola-free. We will remain vigilant. The marathon has been cleared to happen — we have provided guidelines to make sure it is safe. Uganda is safe. Uganda is open for visitors."

What this means for 22 August

The marathon is officially cleared to go ahead. As a continued precaution — not because of any current risk — we'll still have the health measures in place that we'd already planned: screening at entry points, handwashing stations throughout the venue, and trained staff on hand at every stage of the day. Nothing about your race-day experience changes; we're just being thorough.

This news landed on the same day the Government of Uganda announced a UGX 3.7 billion investment in the marathon — a good day all round for the race.

The race itself, if you need a reminder

You'll start at the Equator, inside Queen Elizabeth National Park, and finish in Kasese town with the Rwenzori Mountains — the "Mountains of the Moon" — rising behind you. Four distances to choose from: 42km, 21km, 10km and 5km. It's Uganda's only World Athletics Label road race, and it's still the only one of its kind on the continent.

Haven't registered yet? Head to rwenzorimarathon.com/register and lock in your spot.

See you at the Equator. 🇺🇬

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