A six-year-old patient receiving treatment for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been located after being removed from a medical facility, according to health authorities. The child was reported to be in stable condition following the incident, which has renewed concerns about the safety of treatment centres during the country’s ongoing outbreak. A […]
Healthcare workers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province are voicing growing alarm as they struggle to contain an Ebola outbreak that has struck harder than any previous episode they have witnessed. Frontline responders say they feel increasingly vulnerable in the face of a crisis whose scale has outpaced their training and resources.
The World Health Organization has issued a stark warning that the latest Ebola outbreak is accelerating rapidly, intensifying fears among the health workers on the front lines of the response. Despite ongoing efforts to contain the virus, frontline medical staff say they remain deeply concerned about their own safety as the disease continues to spread.
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At least 30 people have died since May at the Kigonze displacement camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a report from Al Jazeera, as health authorities warn of a resurgent Ebola threat in a region already strained by years of armed conflict and mass displacement. A vulnerable population in a
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national football team marked a milestone moment at the World Cup on Wednesday, holding Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal to a 1-1 draw and sparking jubilant celebrations among supporters back home and in the stands. The result was widely regarded as one of the most notable achievements in the country’s football
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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are warning that the country’s ongoing Ebola outbreak could overtake the devastating 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic as a major gap in contact tracing leaves tens of thousands of people unmonitored. The head of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention raised the alarm on June 16, describing
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A cemetery at the heart of an Ebola outbreak is filling rapidly, as health authorities impose new burial protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. With traditional ceremonies largely abandoned, families are learning to mourn their dead in ways that protect the living. A Changed Landscape of Grief For communities accustomed to gathering
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A new Ebola outbreak centred in the conflict-hit Ituri province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 65 people, according to health officials, in what Africa CDC director Dr Jean Kaseya described as a rapidly evolving situation requiring urgent regional coordination. The World Health Organization and multiple national health ministries are
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