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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Warns It is Running Out of Money to Tackle Ebola Epidemic in DRC
VOA, 24 February 2020
The World Health Organization is urgently appealing for $40 million to salvage its operation to bring the Ebola epidemic to an end in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »
WHO Says It Is Running Out of Money to Fight Ebola
The World Health Organization is urgently appealing for U.S.$40 million to salvage its operation to bring the Ebola epidemic to an end in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It says the Ebola operation in the conflict-ridden North Kivu and Ituri provinces is on financial life-support.
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Africa: Newly Licensed Vaccine, 'Milestone in the Fight' Against Ebola in Africa, UN Health Agency
UN News, 14 February 2020
Four countries in Africa have licensed an Ebola vaccine to "cement hard-fought progress" in keeping their people safe from the deadly disease, the UN health agency said on Friday. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Working With Communities to End Ebola
WHO, 19 February 2020
"In some places they threw stones at us, but in others community leaders became engaged and fought alongside us for the survival of their people," says Dr Freddy Banza, an… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Ebola Must Help China Corona!!!!!!!
Ghanaian Times, 24 February 2020
The years 2014 and 2015 were those busy moments for Africa (mostly) and the rest of the world when an enemy virus called Ebola hit us heavily. I remember how the whole world stood… Read more »
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West Africa: Sierra Leone Dragged Before Ecowas Court Over Missing Ebola Virus Funds
This Day, 7 February 2020
The Sierra Leonian government has been dragged before the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja over allegation it mismanaged millions of United States Dollars donated to fight the… Read more »
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Uganda: Health Workers Abandon Ebola Screening Centers Over Pay
Independent (Kampala), 9 February 2020
More than 100 health workers deployed to manage various Ebola screening centers in Bullisa district have abandoned their duty stations citing none payment. The affected include… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak Still an International Public Health Concern
UN News, 12 February 2020
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains an international public health concern, experts meeting in Geneva concluded on Wednesday. Read more »
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Africa: Four Countries in the African Region License Vaccine in Milestone for Ebola Prevention
WHO, 14 February 2020
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Ghana and Zambia have licensed an Ebola vaccine, just 90 days after World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification.… Read more »
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The grant released by the African Development Bank will be used for the management of suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda, including the procurement and distribution of ... Read more »
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A Congolese clinician's frustration at being unable to give Ebola patients the quality of care they deserved has led to a ground-breaking innovation which revolutionises the ... Read more »
