Ebola outbreak in DR Congo worsening while support lags
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, have concluded...
Ebola vaccination coverage in DR Congo exceeds 90%
Health worker in DR Congo receiving the experimental Ebola vaccine More than 90% of people eligible for vaccination against the...
These are the top ten threats to global health in 2019
The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports...
Ebola in DR Congo: WHO reports 37 new cases
According to WHO, the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in DR Congo is occurring in an unforgiving context.
Drugs and vaccines are less important
Something quite disheartening is happening in DR Congo and we should all be worried since it bears strong message for public...
Multi-faceted challenges complicate DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has averaged 5 new cases daily Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that...
First-ever multi-drug Ebola trial begins in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the commencement of the first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial inDemocratic Republic of Congo. In...
Google honors Nigeria’s Ebola heroine with a Doodle
Today would have the 62nd birthday of Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, the Nigerian doctor that was credited for preventing a widespread escalation...
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak not yet a public health emergency
Based on situation on the ground regarding the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, the meeting of the Emergency Committee convened...
Security challenges are undermining Ebola response in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decried the negative impacts that security challenges in at-risk areas are having on the...
