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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is "becoming increasingly heterogeneous," with divergent transmission trends across affected provinces and health zones, according to ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo
By Clement Bonnerot DAKAR, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: As Congo Ebola deaths pass 3,000, officials seek to track spread via mobile data
As the death toll from its Ebola outbreak exceeds 3,000, the Democratic Republic of Congo is using cell data to map travel routes out of the epidemic's hotspots. The pioneering approach aims to ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: Ebola Response in Eastern DR Congo Must Include Food Aid, WFP Says
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease.That's the message from the ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: Congo confirms more than 6,000 Ebola cases, almost 3,000 deaths
More than 6,000 people have contracted the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the current outbreak, and 2,911 of them have died, the Information Ministry reported in Kinshasa on ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus’s exponential spread.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: DRC’s Ebola epidemic could be the worst in history: 4 things that could help end it
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s fight against Ebola has reached a tipping point. It can accelerate what it has been doing to bring the latest outbreak under control, or risk allowing it to persist ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: DR Congo health minister hails China as priority health partner
KINSHASA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has long supported the development of the health sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and remains an important and priority partner, DRC Health ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: Congo says Ebola outbreak spreads to northeastern Bas-Uele province
DAKAR, Aug 14 () - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a sixth province, Bas-Uele, located in the northeast of the country, the communications ministry said on Friday, ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: VIDEO: Democratic Republic of Congo suffers deadly Ebola outbreak
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News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: Wedding venue fire kills at least 22 in DR Congo
At least 22 people have died and several others sustained injuries after a fire swept through a wedding venue in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Kinshasa » Health: DR Congo’s Ebola Outbreak “Increasingly Heterogeneous”: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “becoming increasingly heterogeneous,” with divergent transmission tre ...