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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola-Hit - Congo to Deploy Security Forces to Protect Health Workers
Vanguard, 10 October 2018
Congo will deploy security forces to protect teams transporting the bodies of Ebola victims for burial, the government said on Wednesday. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: 'Toxic Mix of Factors' Driving Ebola Outbreak
DW, 14 October 2018
Community fear, attacks on health workers and armed groups are hampering a response to DRC's Ebola outbreak. A second wave of the outbreak has now developed in the eastern town of… Read more »
DR Congo to Deploy Security Forces at Ebola Burials
The Government says due to several attacks on health workers during the latest outbreak, it will deploy security forces to protect teams transporting the bodies of victims for burial.
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Uganda: Dr Lukwiya's Wife Narrates How Her Husband Contracted Ebola and Died
Observer, 4 October 2018
He was the 14th medical worker and 156th person to die of Ebola since it broke out in 2000, yet Dr Mathew Lukwiya's resolute and death still stands out to date. Read more »
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East Africa: East African Countries Intensify Collaboration and Preparedness As Ebola Outbreak Continues in DRC
WHO, 3 October 2018
Entebbe, 3rd October 2018:- The on-going Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to intensified cross-border collaboration among East… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: USAID On the Deployment of a Disaster Assistance Response Team
USAID, 1 October 2018
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Africa: Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak - AfricaCDC Optimizes Surveillance in the Response
African Union, 8 October 2018
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in the DRC: AFRICACDC Optimizes Surveillance in the Response Read more »
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Nigeria: WHO Asks DR Congo Neighbours to Be On Ebola Alert
Premium Times, 27 September 2018
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to scale up efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola through their… Read more »
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Liberia: 250 Liberia Ebola Orphans Get Christ Embassy Support
New Liberia, 24 September 2018
The 2014 Ebola scourge is long gone but the scars still remains, as hundreds of school going children made orphan by the deadly epidemic struggle to get education. And so, the… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Prepares to Vaccinate Against Ebola in Case the Virus Strikes the Country
WHO, 20 September 2018
Kampala: - 20th September 2018. As Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preparedness activities intensify in Uganda, the Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Control in Butembo - Africa CDC Supports the Local Coordination Prevention Commission
African Union, 20 September 2018
In order to support the Congolese Government's efforts in the response to this tenth Ebola epidemic, the African Union, through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and… Read more »
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Namibia: Govt Prepares for Ebola Outbreak
New Era, 10 September 2018
With neighbouring Zambia being among countries at risk of an Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Social Services says Namibia has an Ebola virus disease (EVD) preparedness… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan Intensifies Ebola Preparedness in Response to the Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
WHO, 7 September 2018
In the aftermath of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that started in North Kivu province, on 1 August 2018 and the threat of… Read more »
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Efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo are being hampered by rebel fighting, say UN agencies. Reuters reports that three volunteers from the International Read more »
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What makes the DRC a particularly difficult case for the Ebola response is the ongoing conflict in the two eastern DRC provinces due to the presence of armed groups. T Read more »
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In worrying developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak, a patient with the virus died in Butembo, a city of nearly 1 million people, while cases mounted in ... Read more »
