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Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Ends Ebola Activities in DR Congo
MSF, 3 July 2018
After a two-month emergency intervention in Equator Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have begun handing over Ebola response… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Health Minister Speaks of Pride in 'Control' of Ebola Outbreak After 7 Weeks
Govt of Democratic Republic of Congo, 29 June 2018
This Thursday, June 28, 2018, all people who have been in contact with the last confirmed case of Ebola have completed their 21-day follow-up period without showing signs of… Read more »
DR Congo Health Minister Speaks on 'Control' of Ebola Outbreak
"Thanks to the rapid national and international mobilization and the Government's leadership in coordinating the response, we managed to control this high-risk epidemic in just seven weeks," said Dr Oly Ilunga Kalenga, minister of health for the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to WHO, 29 people died in the outbreak.
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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). This ... Read more »
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Despite reports that the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is under control, the World Health Organisation says it is still worried that the virus could ... Read more »
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One month into the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the focus has moved from urban areas to some of the most remote places on earth, says the ... Read more »
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The vaccine V920 isn't new. It was invented in 2003 at the Public Health Agency of Canada, and initial tests showed promise. Clinical trials didn't happen, until the worst Ebola ... Read more »
Health workers preparing to treat Ebola patients at Bikoro Hospital (file photo).
