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-EFEThe 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 the outbreak was first declared. … [Read more...] about Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC’s Ebola response. How he can make a difference | The Conversation
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The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola | The Conversation
The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola: A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA-EFE/STRIn August 2015 Dr Sakoba Keita, who led the Ebola response in Guinea during the largest Ebola outbreak the world has ever seen, declared: the Ebola vaccine is a gift from Guinea to West … [Read more...] about The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola | The Conversation
No, you won’t get Ebola – experts agree that risk is low in South Africa
No, you won't get Ebola - experts agree that risk is low in South Africa: The risk of introducing the Ebola virus disease (EVD), which is sowing havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in South Africa remains low. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News BEHIND THE POLITICS: Zulu on motherhood, liberation legacy and more: Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu … [Read more...] about No, you won’t get Ebola – experts agree that risk is low in South Africa
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-EFEForty-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 … [Read more...] about How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles | The Conversation
Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC | The Conversation
Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPAThere seems to be no end in sight to the Ebola outbreak that has swept through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. By 19 June, nearly 1500 people had died. Uganda is on high … [Read more...] about Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC | The Conversation
