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Uganda: Frontline Workers Vaccinated in Bid to Halt Spread of Deadly Ebola
UN News, 7 November 2018
The World Health Organization (WHO), and Ugandan Ministry of Health, have begun vaccinating frontline health workers in the country against Ebola, in a bid to stop an outbreak in… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak in Conflict Zone 'Remains Dangerous' - UN Chiefs
Africa Renewal, 8 November 2018
While new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are working, the epidemic remains dangerous and unpredictable, the United Nations said… Read more »
Uganda Vaccinates Health Workers Around DR Congo Borders
For fear of cross-border spill, Uganda is vaccinating at least 3,000 healthworkers in five districts that border DR Congo, where the latest outbreak has killed at least 180 people.
A medical officer attends to a suspected ebola patient. Dr Mathew Lukwiya (inset) died of ebola when the disease first broke out in 2000.
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The World Health Organization is supporting the 10 countries bordering DR Congo to heighten vigilance on Ebola by strengthening capacity for preventing, detecting, investigating ... Read more »
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One month after the beginning of the school year, 80 % of school-aged children have returned to school in two epicentres of the current Ebola outbreak. Read more »
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The World Health Organization says one reason it does not regard the outbreak as a global threat is that the virus has not spread into neighboring countries. Read more »
