Africa CDC and WHO Launch $518m Ebola Plan

Ebola Outbreak Outpaces Global Health Response Efforts

A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed tragic milestones, catching health authorities flat-footed. The World Health Organisation reported nearly 1,000 suspected cases and 220 deaths tied to the virus. Global health leaders concede that the epidemic is actively outrunning containment measures on the ground. Compounding the crisis, the virus has…

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How Global Borders Are Tightening Around Africa’s Ebola Outbreak

Canada and The Bahamas have joined the United States in imposing temporary travel restrictions tied to the worsening Ebola outbreak in central and east Africa, a coordinated tightening of borders that underscores mounting international anxiety over the virus’s cross continental spread. The measures specifically target travellers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda…

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Bundibugyo Ebola: Africa Raises Nearly Half A Billion Dollars As Death Toll Hits 220

  African governments and international development partners have pledged approximately $498.8 million to strengthen response operations against the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola Virus outbreak, even as the World Health Organisation warns that the epidemic is currently outpacing containment efforts across the continent. The figure was disclosed by Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease…

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Ebola Cases Top 900 in Conflict-Ridden DR Congo

Ebola Cases Top 900 in Conflict-Ridden DR Congo

A rapidly accelerating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed an alarming threshold, with suspected infections now exceeding nine hundred. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that surveillance teams have identified nine hundred and four suspected cases across the country. The official tally includes one hundred and one laboratory-confirmed infections….

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Ebola Outbreak: Nigeria Assures Public Over Border Safety

  Nigeria’s Immigration Service has moved to reassure the public that the country’s land borders pose no unchecked risk of Ebola entry, even as the World Health Organisation places the rapidly expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda under its highest international alert status. The Nigeria Immigration Service spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi,…

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State Subsidies Plaster Nigeria’s Fractured Healthcare System

State Subsidies Plaster Nigeria’s Fractured Healthcare System

The Federal Government has launched a nationwide distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn care equipment to 252 health facilities across 30 states. Administered under the Sector-Wide Approach programme, the intervention earmarks roughly $200,000 worth of specialized medical hardware for each participating state. Abuja designs the initiative to curb Nigeria’s stubbornly high maternal and infant mortality…

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Africa CDC and WHO Launch $518m Ebola Plan

Twelfth Hantavirus Case Confirmed in the Netherlands

The World Health Organization confirmed that a twelfth person has contracted hantavirus in the Netherlands following a luxury cruise ship outbreak. Global health body Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued an international appeal urging countries to monitor all individuals who recently travelled on the vessel. The localized cluster originates from the Dutch-registered cruise liner MV Hondius,…

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Ebola Cases Top 900 in Conflict-Ridden DR Congo

World Health Assembly Approves Post-2030 Tuberculosis Strategy

The 79th World Health Assembly approved the development of a new global tuberculosis strategy to extend containment efforts beyond the year 2030. Member states directed World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to lead international consultations on the framework immediately. The global health body plans to present a comprehensive draft of the policy at the…

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