Ebola
WHO marks end of Ebola outbreak in DRC
The outbreak declared in north Kivu in August 2018, was the second-largest in the world and was compounded by the active conflict zone in that region.
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WHO announces end to 10th Ebola outbreak in DRC
More than 2,000 people were killed by the outbreak out of 3,470 cases.
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Up to 17 infected, 11 dead in new Ebola outbreak in Congo
The Ebola cases have been confirmed in seven health zones across Equateur, including two cases in Bolomba, 300 km northeast of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization said in an update.
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Up to 12 infected in Congo's new Ebola outbreak - WHO
There have now been nine confirmed cases and three probable cases of the disease in and around Mbandaka, the WHO said. Six of those people have died, it added.
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Ebola vaccinations underway in new DR Congo outbreak
Six people have died of the much-feared haemorrhagic virus since 1 June, when the first cases came to light in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province.
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In DR Congo, denial becomes major obstacle for virus campaign
Indifference or disbelief towards COVID-19 runs deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital -- a response that strikes fear into watchdogs battling the disease.
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DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak
The appearance of the deadly disease on the other side of the vast central African country comes as an added blow as it attempts to also battle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Lessons from Sierra Leone’s Ebola pandemic's impact of school closures on girls
What the consequences of school closures during Africa's 'longest, largest and deadliest' Ebola outbreak can teach the continent.
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Congo records second Ebola death in days: WHO
The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018 in an area of the country where militia violence hobbled efforts to contain it.
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Sierra Leone scraps ban on pregnant girls attending school
In 2015, Sierra Leone banned pregnant girls from going to school after a surge in sexual violence and teenage pregnancies driven by the Ebola crisis.
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Africa's weak health systems face escalating virus peril
Earth's poorest continent has so far confirmed around 1,800 cases and 57 deaths -- a tally that is low compared with Europe, the Middle East and Asia, but is now ratcheting up quickly as testing remains patchy.
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Gabon bans tourists from seeing gorillas over coronavirus fears
The Central African nation has one only confirmed COVID-19 case so far, but fears linger after an Ebola epidemic in 1995 wiped out more than 90% of the gorillas in the verdant north.
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What’s the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?
It's a matter of scale, writes Rebecca SB Fischer.
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DR Congo hopes to declare end to Ebola outbreak in April
While the world's attention has been focused on the coronavirus, the last patient under treatment for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was discharged on Tuesday.
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Africa looks to Ebola lessons in fight against coronavirus
In 2014, an Ebola outbreak stormed West Africa, leaving more than 11,000 dead mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and also reaching Nigeria and Mali.
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DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date - monitoring agency
Deadly unrest in the fragile state has hampered the fight against the disease during the latest epidemic, which broke out on 1 August 2018, with the eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri particularly badly hit.
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WHO: Ebola spreads in Congo after militants attack treatment camp
The WHO says 27 ebola cases were confirmed in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the week through 10 December, against an average of seven in the last three weeks.
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MSF pulls staff from DR Congo's east after incident
The NGO becomes the latest aid agency to withdraw its staff from the Biakato region after an unclaimed attack last week saw three Ebola workers killed at an accommodation camp in Biakato Mines in Ituri province.
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WHO, Unicef evacuate 76 staff from Ebola teams in Congo due to insecurity
Rebels believed to belong to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed eight people in an overnight raid on Sunday.
