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The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains “extremely serious” amid continuous transmission, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Wednesday ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreads to 60 Health Zones
Congo’s rapidly growing Ebola outbreak has reached 60 health zones, with 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths reported.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » 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 » North Kivu » Health: Ebola Is Out Of Control In Congo
Congo's Ebola epidemic has held at a reproduction number near 1 for six weeks. It is the largest in the country's history and it is not yet shrinking.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: DR Congo begins vaccinations to fight fastest-growing Ebola outbreak
Health workers and other frontline workers in the Ebola response are being prioritised to receive the Ervebo vaccine.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: As the Ebola disease response continues, other health needs in DRC must not be neglected
Cholera, measles, malaria, and violence linked to the ongoing conflict continue to threaten thousands of people in North and South Kivu. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Renewed Violence Fuels Deadlier Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo’s North Kivu
(Bloomberg) -- Ebola is gaining momentum in another part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where escalating violence is hampering efforts to find patients and contain the virus. More than 25,000 ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 6,000 cases as containment grows harder
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and about 2,911 deaths, marking the deadliest outbreak in the country’s history as it spreads across ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: New Ebola case confirmed in M23-controlled area in DR Congo
GOMA, DR Congo, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A new Ebola case has been confirmed in Lubero territory in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in an area controlled by the March ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Expands, Death Toll Rises
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in its history, centered in Ituri, with 5,514 confirmed cases and 2,642 deaths and a case fatality rate near ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: VIDEO: Democratic Republic of Congo suffers deadly Ebola outbreak
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News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Cuba Reaffirms Support for DR Congo Amid Severe Ebola Epidemic
Cuba's Minister of Public Health offered medical assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat the Ebola outbreak, which has already claimed more than 3,000 lives and faces serious ...