Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC’s Ebola response. How he can make a difference: DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE The most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rages on. There’s been a continued increase in the number of new cases for a year since […]
How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles | The Conversation
How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles: A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE Forty-five years ago, the World Health Organisation launched the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. It covered six diseases – measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. Since then, anti-measles vaccines have been distributed to millions of […]
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some: Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC's North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA The Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it […]
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some: Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC's North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA The Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it […]
Why the DRC’s army and police aren’t yet ready to protect citizens | The Conversation
Why the DRC’s army and police aren’t yet ready to protect citizens: Riot police on the outskirts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. EPA/Nic Bothma The Democratic Republic of Congo is trying to find its footing after a contentious presidential election in December 2018. These elections were preceded by months of political upheaval and poll […]
The DRC’s Ebola outbreak has all the makings of a humanitarian crisis | The Conversation
The DRC’s Ebola outbreak has all the makings of a humanitarian crisis: West Africa experienced the worst Ebola outbreak between 2013 and 2016. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA It’s been eight months since the start of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the beginning of April, almost 700 people have succumbed to […]
What DRC’s flawed election means for emerging democratic culture in Africa | The Conversation
What DRC’s flawed election means for emerging democratic culture in Africa: Some in the DRC identify opposition leader Martin Fayulu as the winner but official results have yet to be released. EPA/ STEFAN KLEINOWITZ On December 30, 2018, 46 million citizens cast their votes in a historic election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There […]
Speed and co-ordination are key to curbing the DRC’s Ebola outbreak | The Conversation
Speed and co-ordination are key to curbing the DRC’s Ebola outbreak: Ebola devastated parts of West Africa in 2014 and 2015. Now it's hit the DRC. EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo Three people have died and more than 125 are suspected to be infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak comes […]
