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New Ebola Outbreak Hits Children Hard

An ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has particularly affected children, the UN's children agency, UNICEF, said after more than 50 young people lost their parents to the disease.

Congo-Kinshasa: New Ebola Outbreak Hits Children Hard

UN News, 17 August 2018

An ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has particularly affected children, the UN's children agency, UNICEF, said on… Read more »

Photo: Eugene Kabambi/World Health Organisation

On 8 August 2018, the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers started, followed by the vaccination of community contacts and their contacts, in Mangina, North Kivu, the epicenter of the 10th Ebola epidemic to hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are currently 3220 doses of rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine available in Kinshasa.

Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Opens Ebola Treatment Center in Response to Outbreak in North Kivu

MSF, 18 August 2018

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened an Ebola treatment center on Tuesday, August 14 in… Read more »

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Current Ebola Outbreak More Dangerous

The World Health Organization has said that more than 100 armed groups are operating in North Kivu, delaying Ebola treatment to those in need. The situation is causing the current ... Read more »
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African Expertise Essential in Preventing Ebola Pandemic

In a guest column for AllAfrica, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor of Nigeria Health Watch says that African experts were key to ending the west African Ebola epidemic and are essential for ... Read more »
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Ebola Vaccination Begins for DR Congo

One week after the announcement of a second outbreak of Ebola this year in the country, government has announced the launch of Ebola vaccinations for high-risk populations in North ... Read more »
- Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Vaccination Begins in North Kivu
- Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Returns to the DRC for the 10th Time - Here's What We Know

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