GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now spread to Uganda, experts said as […]
ABUJA – The World Bank’s new global director for health, nutrition and population, Dr. Ali Muhammad Pate has commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for his administration’s landmark achievements in the health sector, stressing that future […]
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian authorities on Wednesday said they were beefing up surveillance in the country’s borders following a surge in cases of the deadly Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). […]
GENEVA – The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could worsen rapidly because of attacks by armed groups, community resistance and the geographic spread of […]
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of cutting-edge care at a medical centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, she raised […]
Geneva – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it could not be certain that it had identified all people exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of […]
Goma(DRC) – Democratic Republic of Congo has started using the experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment on patients in the east of the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the first time it […]
GOMA – Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded its first confirmed case of Ebola in over a week, the health ministry said on Thursday, although medics say they have made significant progress in their efforts […]
MBANDAKA – Two new deaths from Ebola and seven new confirmed cases have been recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said on Tuesday. One of the deaths occurred in the provincial capital […]
GENEVA – The spread of Ebola to a major city in Democratic Republic of Congo is worrying but the outlook is much more optimistic than when a major outbreak was reported in West Africa in […]
KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two cases of Ebola in the northwestern town of Bikoro and at least 10 more cases are suspected, the head of the national institute for biological research, […]
NEW YORK – United States President Donald Trump has lauded the feat achieved by the administration of former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in combating the deadly Ebola virus during the 2014 outbreak of the disease. […]
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MONROVIA – Liberia closed its border with Guinea on Tuesday as a precaution against Ebola following at least four deaths from the virus in Guinea, Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe said. The deaths have occurred […]
Brussels – The European Union has on Monday in Brussels launched an emergency medical corps, named “European Medical Corps’’ to respond to future disease outbreaks. Christos Stylianides, EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, said the launching was […]
By Kieran Guilbert MONROVIA – The cries of young children ring around the hospital as hundreds of patients, packed tightly together on wooden benches and surrounded by boxes of syringes piled high, wait to be […]
Freetown – Sierra Leone on Thursday said one person had died from Ebola shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO), declared that the outbreak of the epidemic in West Africa was over. Officials said two tests conducted […]
Beijing – China has on Wednesday in Beijing, held a ceremony to award individuals and groups for their outstanding work in fighting against Ebola both at home and in African countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping, sent a […]
Madrid – Scientists and researchers and doctors at Carlos III Hospital in Madrid have said they are on the verge of commencing clinical trials on an Ebola vaccine which could be available for use within […]
By Kieran Guilbert LONDON – West Africa’s Ebola epidemic has disrupted birth registrations in Liberia, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without citizenship and in danger of being trafficked or illegally adopted, the U.N. […]
Lagos – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has no plan to ban Liberian airlines from coming into Nigeria, following a fresh outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia. NCAA’s General Manager […]
KINSHASA – Six hunters in the Democratic Republic of Congo who fell sick and were suspected to have Ebola have tested negative for the virus, the health minister said on Saturday. The government and World […]
By Alphonso Toweh and James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Liberia confirmed a third Ebola case on Thursday, nearly two months after it was declared Ebola free, and officials said they were investigating whether the disease […]
Abuja – The Federal Government had advised Nigerians to be vigilant and embrace basic hygiene as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) re-emerges in Liberia. This is contained in a statement signed by Ayotunde Adesugba, Director Press […]
The body of a dead Liberian man has tested positive for Ebola – the country’s first reported case since it was declared free of the disease. Deputy Health Minister, Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that […]
MONROVIA – A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case since the country at the heart of an epidemic was declared free of the virus on May 9, Deputy Health Minister Tolbert […]
NEW YORK – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has began distributing the first batch of 700,000 teaching and learning kits to thousands of schools across Liberia. [pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″] Last year’s Ebola outbreak disrupted the education […]
GENEVA – Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone, with 36 cases in the past week, four times as many cases as the week before, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. […]
GENEVA – World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan announced on Monday that she was establishing a $100 million contingency fund to ensure that the U.N. agency has the resources to respond immediately to a major […]
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the World Health Organization must streamline its management to respond quickly to crises like West Africa’s “Ebola catastrophe” that has killed more than […]
VENTURES AFRICA – Last weekend, a significant milestone when Liberia was declared Ebola free, having gone 42 days without a new case of the virus. While this is definitely a positive development, there are concerns that […]
May 9, 2015, marks 42 days since the last confirmed case of Ebola in Liberia was safely buried — the period of time set by WHO to declare an outbreak over. WHO now considers Liberia […]
By Alphonso Toweh and James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday after 42 days without a new case of the […]
LAGOS – UNICEF and partners on Wednesday launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and engage in policy-making and governance and access real time information on key […]
More than 10,000 people are reported to have died in the current Ebola outbreak An experimental drug has cured monkeys infected with the Ebola virus, US-based scientists have said. The treatment, known as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets […]
CONAKRY – A court in Guinea has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for murdering a team educating locals about the risks of Ebola in a remote part of the West African country last […]
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, – Genetic sequence data on two of the deadliest yet most poorly understood viruses are to be made available to researchers worldwide in real time as scientists […]
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