Beni, DR Congo | AFP | Patients being monitored as possible Ebola patients fled a camp in eastern DR Congo on Thursday after it was attacked by demonstrators protesting further delays to the country’s election, the health ministry said. Around 20 patients fled the centre during the incident, at a …
Read More »Bustling Ugandan border town on high alert for Ebola
Mpondwe, Uganda | Michael O’HAGAN – AFP | Stormwater from the peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains swells the muddy Lhubiriha River that marks the often porous border between western Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Less than 70 kilometres (40 miles) away, authorities have already confirmed one case of …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Minister in Congo to strategize on ending Ebola
THIS WEEK: Minister in Congo to strategize on ending Ebola Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng was on Dec.05 in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deliberate with officials there on how to end Ebola hemorrhagic fever that has so far claimed more than …
Read More »EBOLA: South Sudan follows Uganda’s example, to vaccinate health teams
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | South Sudan will vaccinate key health workers against Ebola close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, which faces a new epidemic, the World Health Organization said Monday. The ministry of health’s vaccination campaign, with cooperation from the WHO, will target healthcare and …
Read More »South Sudan vaccinates health teams in Ebola epidemic
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | South Sudan will vaccinate key health workers against Ebola close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, which faces a new epidemic, the World Health Organization said Monday. The ministry of health’s vaccination campaign, with cooperation from the WHO, will target healthcare and …
Read More »New Ebola drug tried in DR Congo
Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | An international research team has begun patient enrollment in a clinical trial testing multiple investigational Ebola therapies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The randomised, controlled trial is enrolling patients of any age with confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) at a treatment unit in …
Read More »Uganda and DRC agree on how to prevent ebola spread
Uganda vaccinates health workers against Ebola, fearing DRC spread Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Uganda has vaccinated thousands of health workers against Ebola to counter the spread of the deadly virus from its neighbour Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministers of both countries said Wednesday. A growing outbreak …
Read More »In eastern DR Congo, 19 die of Ebola in five days
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The deadly Ebola outbreak which has ravaged eastern DR Congo for nearly four months has claimed another 19 lives in just five days, the health ministry has said. The outbreak, which began on August 1, has now killed 241 people, the ministry said in …
Read More »Tests done on Bundibugyo man negative, no Ebola in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Health Organisation (WHO) standard tests done after a man who had symptoms similar to those of Ebola died in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, are back, and they are negative. Blood samples were taken off the suspect on November 26 and sent to Uganda …
Read More »DR Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni after clashes: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Efforts to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive eastern Beni region have resumed after a brief suspension following clashes, the World Health Organization said Sunday. “On Sunday, all activities have re-launched, including vaccination,” the UN health agency said in …
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