Ebola survivors comfort sick children in Congo’s isolation wards
Whenever Jerkis Mahamba hears a child cry out in the Ebola ward in Butembo, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, he ...
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Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo
Ugandan citizens returning to the country with a history of travel to Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for ...
Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says
A team of leading Ebola scientists will travel to Nigeria to help investigate how the country’s first patient in more ...
Kenya boosts Ebola preparedness after registering first case
Kenya’s first Ebola case, a patient who travelled for weeks by road and air through three countries without being detected ...
As schools re-open, Congo drops remote learning plan in Ebola red zone
Schools reopened this week in areas of Democratic Republic of Congo hardest hit by Ebola, after authorities decided the risk ...
South Sudan steps up Ebola preparedness along porous DRC border
South Sudan is strengthening Ebola surveillance along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where heavy cross-border movement and ...
Unpaid health workers strike as Congo’s Ebola contact tracing falls behind
On Friday, as every day, community health worker and head of contact tracing in Nizi, Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his ...
Beyond the Outbreak: How Ebola Reshaped East & Central Africa’s Economies
The latest Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is triggered by the Bundibugyo strain, ...
Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
Uganda's health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation's latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease that ...
Africa’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. ...