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The head of the World Health Organisation visited Uganda this week as a deadly Ebola outbreak that crossed in from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo continued to spread, with both countries now recording a sharp rise in confirmed infections and deaths. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the trip after the global health…
More than 1,100 people are suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus across the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, the African Union’s continental health agency has confirmed, raising fears that the outbreak could escalate rapidly across central and east Africa. In a commentary published in the Financial Times on Sunday, the Director…
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…
At least 80 persons have died from a fresh Ebola outbreak spreading across three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, according to data released by the World Health Organisation on Sunday. The outbreak, designated the 17th in Congo since the virus was first identified there in 1976,…
The World Health Organisation has declared an international health emergency after a new Ebola outbreak killed 88 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Global health officials issued the alarm on Sunday because the current crisis involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, medical science possesses no vaccine or…
Health authorities across Africa have confirmed a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fresh alarms over cross-border transmission risks as regional governments scramble to contain the spread. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) announced the outbreak on Friday, confirming it had struck Ituri…
