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Congo-Kinshasa: New Ebola Vaccine Enters Real-World Test Phase
DW, 14 November 2019
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started using a second vaccine to fight Ebola. The country is struggling to contain what is now the world's second-worst… Read more »
Rollout of Second Experimental Ebola Vaccine in DR Congo
Health officials have started using a second vaccine to in the fight against Ebola. Doctors Without Borders say the primary objective is to gain data on the effectiveness of the experimental vaccine in a real-world setting.
A caregiver with the seven-month-old baby of a woman who died of Ebola in North Kivu (file photo).
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Congo-Kinshasa: Threat to Journalists Who Cover Measures to Combat Ebola
RSF, 19 November 2019
Since a radio presenter’s murder two weeks ago in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, people are readier to talk and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has… Read more »
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South Africa: NICD - No Ebola Cases in SA
SAnews.gov.za, 14 November 2019
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it has not had any positive Ebola cases in South Africa or its neighbouring countries. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Volatile Security Situation Stymies Efforts to End Ebola
VOA, 13 November 2019
The World Health Organization says that dangers posed by armed groups in two eastern Democratic Republic of Congo provinces are impeding progress in the battle to stop the spread… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak - November Crisis Update
MSF, 15 November 2019
The current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst on record in the country and the second-largest epidemic of the disease recorded anywhere. Almost a… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Radio Host Who Fought Ebola 'Savagely Murdered'
DW, 3 November 2019
A journalist involved in the fight against the Ebola virus in Congo has been stabbed to death. Health experts blame violence and distrust in some areas for worsening the spread of… Read more »
InFocus
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The World Health Organization says the European Commission's approval of an Ebola vaccine this week is a landmark moment for global health and a likely game-changer in the battle ... Read more »
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Health ministers and senior immigration officials from DR Congo and neighbouring countries Uganda, Burundi and Zambia, among others, have resolved that there is a need for the ... Read more »
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Authorities have said that a 37-year-old man who was in quarantine in Karonga, had not died of ebola. Secretary for Health and Population Dan Namarika said that "Epidemiologically, ... Read more »
