Weekly Health Update | DRC Adds Mobile Data to Ebola Surveillance
Ebola, mpox, diphtheria and cross-border disease surveillance featured prominently in health news across Africa this week. In the…
Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC; 60 areas now affected | Ebola News
DRC’s is the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak ever recorded, with 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths. Published On 28…
World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over | Ebola News
The international body declared Uganda Ebola-free after 42 days without any new transmission, though cases are rising in…
Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives | Ebola News
Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in the DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected…
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo | Ebola News
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus’s exponential spread.…
Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing
NIZI, Congo (AP) — Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across…
The race to develop a vaccine for world’s fastest spreading Ebola
The race to develop a vaccine to help stem the Ebola outbreak is intensifying as it becomes the…
Nigeria: WHO Recommends a Clinical Trial of Ebola Vaccine Against Bundibugyo Virus
The recommendation followed preliminary animal study data suggesting that the vaccine may provide some cross-protection against the disease,…
Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial | Ebola News
The Bundibugyo epidemic, the world’s second-largest, has been described as the fastest-spreading on record. Published On 7 Aug…
DR Congo Ebola cases surpass 4,000 as authorities step up response
A health worker on the prevention and control team is seen at work in Ituri province, the Democratic…
DR Congo Ebola epidemic becomes world’s second largest outbreak | Ebola News
Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to ‘pay much more attention’. Published On…
Ebola outbreak in Congo set to become second-largest on record after confirmed cases reach 3,200
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to become the second-largest on record within…