Congo-Kinshasa: Bushmeat Blamed for Ebola Outbreak

The World Health Organization is warning residents in Orentale Province to avoid the consumption of bushmeat in the face of a deadly outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

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  • Congo-Kinshasa:  Bushmeat Blamed for Ebola Outbreak

    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 23 August 2012

    Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Orientale Province are urging the population to desist from activities that could put them at risk of ... read more »

Photo: New Vision

Medical workers in protective gear leave an Ebola isolation camp during the 2007 outbreak (file photo).

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    New Vision, 20 August 2012

    The Ministry of Health will send health experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help them combat an outbreak of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever there. read more »

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    New Vision, 17 August 2012

    The recent Ebola outbreak in Kibaale district has been contained, with no new case recorded in the last two weeks, the health ministry has announced. read more »

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    New Vision, 16 August 2012

    WESTERN Uganda sits at the heart of the Albertine Region that is endowed with numerous animal species many of which are also disease reservoirs. read more »

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    The Observer, 14 August 2012

    Singer Martin Nkoyoyo, better known as Yoyo, is in inconsolable mood after losing millions in cancelled shows in the Ebola-stricken Bunyoro sub region. read more »

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    East African Business Week, 13 August 2012

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  • Uganda:  How the Deadly Ebola Came Back

    New Vision, 12 August 2012

    Fifty two days after the first patient died of Ebola in Kibaale district, the outbreak is still shrouded in mystery. A mother left her two-month-old baby sleeping in a mud and ... read more »

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