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Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni after clashes: WHO
Efforts to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive eastern Beni region have resumed after a brief suspension following clashes, the World Health Organization said Sunday. "On Sunday, all activities have re-launched, including vaccination," the UN health agency said in ...
Japan should provide more support to medical and humanitarian efforts to combat this horrific disease.
Japan to improve Ebola testing system amid rise in visitors from overseas
A Japanese national research institute said Thursday it will import strains of Ebola and four other deadly viruses to improve detection processes amid a rise in the number of foreign visitors to the country. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases plans to bring the pathogens ...
U.N. says seven peacekeepers have been killed in fight against Congo rebels
Seven U.N. peacekeepers were killed and 10 wounded in a military operation with Congolese forces against rebels in the northeast, which is facing a deadly Ebola outbreak, the United Nations said Thursday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said one U.N. peacekeeper was still missing and several ...
The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization predicted Tuesday that Congo's Ebola outbreak will last at least another six months, saying that informal health facilities have become "major drivers" of the current, deadly transmission. Dr. Peter Salama said that makeshift "tradi-modern" health centers — ...
The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations vowed Wednesday to do more with Congo's government to help improve security in the country's east, where frequent attacks by rebels are undermining efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 150 people. Jean-Pierre Lacroix ...
Ebola seen killing kids at unprecedented rate at unsanitary clinics of Congo traditional healers
Children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are dying from Ebola at an unprecedented rate due largely to poor sanitary practices at clinics run by traditional healers, the health ministry said on Sunday. The impact on children has been felt acutely in the city of ...
Health workers in Congo's Ebola outbreak area being attacked weekly: ministry
Health teams responding to Congo's latest Ebola outbreak are attacked three or four times a week on average, a level of violence unseen in the country's nine previous outbreaks of the deadly virus, the health ministry said Monday. The coordinator of the outbreak response, Dr. ...
Congo rebels kill 15, abduct dozen kids in Ebola outbreak region
Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo's military said Sunday, as the violence again forced the suspension of crucial virus containment efforts. "We condemn this attack," said the World ...
WHO weighs whether to declare global health emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization said Monday its experts will meet this week to determine whether an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes a global health emergency. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has convened "an emergency committee" on the current outbreak in DRC's ...
A second wave of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Congo, where an initial outbreak has already killed 125 people, a minister said Saturday. The latest wave is centered in Beni, a town in North Kivu near the border with Uganda, said Health ...
First U.N. employee tests positive for Ebola in eastern Congo
A plumber working for the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the health ministry said on Friday, the first case of a U.N. worker contracting the disease during the current outbreak. The plumber is believed to have contracted the ...
