Ebola Response Shows Lessons Learned
AfricaFocus
The Democratic Republic of Congo has extensive experience in successfully containing Ebola outbreaks (the one which was reported in May is the ninth since the first in 1976). But… Read more »
As DR Congo Grapples with Ebola, Guinea Keeps Up Its Guard
VOA
Just after a morning rain, Gourma Mamadou was shopping in this capital city's crowded, open-air Kaloum market. The young man said he was well aware of the current Ebola outbreak… Read more »
After Ebola - What Happens Next?
Bhekisisa
Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia's doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind. Read more »
Govt Vows to Reduce Risk of Introducing Ebola in Country
ANGOP
Angolan Government has vowed to reduce the risk of introducing Ebola virus into the country from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
Tanzania Listed Among High Risk Countries for Ebola Outbreak
Citizen
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, May 25, 2018 named Tanzania among countries that were at high risk of facing an Ebola outbreak. Read more »
At One-Month Mark in Ebola Outbreak, Focus Shifts to Remote Areas [announcement]
WHO
One month into the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the focus has moved from urban areas to some of the most remote places on earth. Read more »
Insurance Products for Ebola, Meningitis, Lassa Fever Underway
Vanguard
INSURANCE products to facilitate financial responses to outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola, Meningitis, and Lassa fever in Nigeria and 29 other Africa countries are underway. An… Read more »
Threats of Ebola, Polio, Other Emerging Infectious Diseases Persist
Guardian
Despite reports that the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is under control, the World Health Organisation (WHO), health… Read more »
The DR Congo Ebola Outbreak [analysis]
HRW
On May 8, 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo's health minister declared an outbreak of Ebola, the highly deadly disease that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa… Read more »
No Confirmed New Ebola Cases in DRC Since Mid-May - WHO
VOA
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports no new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been confirmed since May 17. WHO finds of 56 reported cases, 37 are… Read more »
DRC - MSF Begins Ebola Vaccination Trial in Bikoro to Help Curb Outbreak [press release]
MSF
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started vaccinating Ebola frontline workers yesterday in… Read more »
A Friendly Football Match, Ebola, and Infodemics [Blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Editor's Note: As the Democratic Republic of Congo works to curb an Ebola outbreak, Nigerians expressed strong reactions to the proposal of a friendly match on the 25th of May,… Read more »
Cases, Deaths and Suspected Cases in the Ebola Outbreak [press release]
MSF
Latest figures (source: DRC Ministry of Health, as of May 28, 2018) Read more »
Fighting Ebola in DRC - 'It's a Race Against Time' [analysis]
MSF
Paul Jawor, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water and sanitation expert, has just returned from Equateur province in the Democratic Republic… Read more »
At One-Month Mark in Ebola Outbreak, the Focus Shifts to Remote Areas
WHO
One month into the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the focus has moved from urban areas to some of the most remote places on earth. Read more »
