Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak: A health worker prepares to administer the experimental Ebola vaccine in north-western DRC. EPA-EFE/STRVaccines are recognised as one of the most powerful tools in controlling and preventing infectious diseases. This despite strong anti-vaccination movements around the globe. It was with vaccine in hand … [Read more...] about Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak | The Conversation
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Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes | The Conversation
Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes: Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. ShutterstockThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised that an experimental vaccine is playing a major role in controlling the spread of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of … [Read more...] about Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes | The Conversation
Ebola in the DRC: expert sets out critical lessons learnt in Liberia | The Conversation
Ebola in the DRC: expert sets out critical lessons learnt in Liberia: Since 2014 the Ebola outbreak in Liberia killed over 4,800 people. UNMEER/FlickrEbola in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) has now spread to urban areas. The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner spoke to Mosoka Fallah who was head of case detection during Liberia’s ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015 about his … [Read more...] about Ebola in the DRC: expert sets out critical lessons learnt in Liberia | The Conversation
Ebola returns to the DRC for the 10th time: here’s what we know | The Conversation
Ebola returns to the DRC for the 10th time: here's what we know: An experimental Ebola vaccine is being tried to contain the current outbreak in the DRC. EPA-EFEBarely a week after declaring the end of the ninth Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials announced another in the North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, in the eastern part of the country. … [Read more...] about Ebola returns to the DRC for the 10th time: here’s what we know | The Conversation
Challenges of administering an Ebola vaccine in remote areas of the DRC | The Conversation
Challenges of administering an Ebola vaccine in remote areas of the DRC: A nurse prepares the Ebola vaccine in Bikoro in the DRC. MSF/Louise AnnaudNo one said tracking the movements of a patient, suspected to be a carrier of the deadly Ebola virus, through the dense forests of the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was going to be easy. With no … [Read more...] about Challenges of administering an Ebola vaccine in remote areas of the DRC | The Conversation
