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Ebola survivors battle grief and stigma in eastern Congo

Arlette Kavugho was discharged from an Ebola ward in eastern Congo in March, but her troubles did not end there

Pharma gets nod for first ever Ebola vaccine

EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union for Ervebo, the first vaccine for Ebola virus

One more succumbs to dengue virus in Karachi, tally jumps to 13

Another patient loses there life in the metropolis to dengue virus which has become a pandemic throughout the country.

Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine

Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce a second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, to counter the second-worst outbreak of the virus in history.

Congo’s former health minister arrested for ’embezzling Ebola funds’

Former DR Congo health minister Oly Ilunga has been arrested over allegations he embezzled public funds to tackle the Ebola epidemic

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

Only the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been deadlier than the current outbreak. More than 11,300 people died then out of the 28,000 who were infected

Congo unveils new government after months-long delay

Tshisekedi, 56, has vowed to enact sweeping reform and root out corruption but has been hampered by the need to share power with the legislature, which is dominated by FCC MPs

First two Ebola cases confirmed in Congo’s South Kivu

A woman and her child were the first two cases confirmed with Ebola in Congo’s South Kivu region this week, opening a new front in the fight against the outbreak

Congo’s bread basket struggles to recover from conflict

More than two years after a brutal civil conflict in Pool, the second in 20 years, was settled, Congo's key agricultural region remains deeply depressed

GSK ends development of Ebola vaccine

While Ebola is a deadly and contagious disease, it is also still relatively rare, making the potential market for a vaccine sporadic and very likely unprofitable

Rwanda shuts Congo border after Ebola cases

President Felix Tshisekedi's office condemned a "unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities" that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border as part of their daily life.

Congo makes new push to fight year-old Ebola epidemic

So far, 1,790 people have died of the dreaded haemorrhagic virus since the first cases were recorded on August 1 last year.

Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn

Congolese have the right to have the gold standard, the best vaccine

WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify

A vast campaign of vigilance and vaccination, with almost 75 million screenings, has kept the highly infectious virus almost entirely confined to two provinces in northeastern Congo

First Ebola patient in Congo’s Goma dies

Three Ebola cases which originated in Congo were confirmed in neighbouring Uganda a month ago,

Britain tells Canada and France to pull their weight on Ebola

Stewart, who visited the Ebola zone earlier this month, told a U.N. meeting that Britain had donated $45 million towards a previous Ebola outbreak and the current one

UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DR Congo

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said additional resources were required to deal with the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WHO says Ebola situation in Congo not an ‘international emergency’

In October, the organisation's experts had also said the Ebola situation was "very worrying", but did not constitute an international emergency.

Ebola toll tops 700 in DR Congo

Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall death toll in the latest outbreak past 700, according to health ministry data.

Congo registers record 15 new Ebola cases in one day

Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday recorded 15 new confirmed cases of Ebola, the biggest one-day rise since the current outbreak was declared last August, the health ministry said.
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