The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine in Kinshasa on Friday as authorities battle a rapidly expanding Ebola […]
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
DRC: Health workers battle Ebola as deaths top 2,000, new study suggests ‘animal-to-human’ jump
Fear is mounting in Bunia as DRC’s Ebola death toll surpasses 2,000, with health workers battling community transmission, insecurity and mistrust as the outbreak spreads. […]
Ebola in DRC: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns food assistance and logistics are critical to containing the outbreak
Without urgent, flexible support, families may be forced to choose between complying with public health measures and finding food, undermining containment and deepening an already […]
DRC PM visits Ebola front line, pledges ‘free healthcare’ as cases and deaths surge
DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka visited the Ebola front line in the eastern town of Mongbwalu on Friday, as exhausted medical teams battle the […]
People fleeing are carrying virus with them! – Health workers warn conflict spreading Ebola, tops 2,500 cases
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is struggling to contain a worsening Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people and infected 2,536, as […]
DRC: Over 180 children dead in Ebola outbreak as thousands need mental health support
At least 189 children have now died in the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with thousands more living with fear […]
Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak response needs urgent scale-up after two months
In just two months, the current Ebola disease outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has become the third largest, and the fastest growing, Ebola outbreak […]