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A day in the life of Congo’s overstretched Ebola surveillance teams
On a good day, there are only four cars available to ferry surveillance teams round the city of Bunia, the...
Read moreDetailsWhat Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines and treatments are under development
Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of...
Read moreDetailsAfrica’s top health official asks US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda
The head of Africa's top public health agency said he had written to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Read moreDetailsCanada to temporarily bar entry for foreigners who have recently been to Congo, against UN advice
The Canadian government said on Sunday it would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to Congo within the...
Read moreDetailsAid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation...
Read moreDetailsUganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free
Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday, triggering a 42-day countdown after which it can be declared free...
Read moreDetails‘Threat to US sovereignty’: Washington launches campaign to dismantle ICC
The United States on Monday announced a sweeping campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that could include further sanctions...
Read moreDetailsUS to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola
The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to...
Read moreDetailsRebels in Congo see Ebola as chance to show governing credentials
Congo's AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting...
Read moreDetailsSecond Ebola treatment centre opens in North Kivu
A second Ebola treatment centre has been inaugurated in North Kivu, one of three provinces of the DR Congo hit...
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