Tag: Ebola
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes largest in country’s history –...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing the largest Ebola outbreak in its history, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The...
WHO recommends two new Ebola vaccines for clinical trials as DRC...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended two additional Ebola vaccine candidates for clinical evaluation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as...
British national tests positive for Ebola in DRC
A British national has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UK government has confirmed. According to the...
Health Review: Ebola case, child malnutrition, medicine security, other developments that...
October brought major developments across Nigeria’s health sector, with the confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja prompting renewed disease surveillance, contact tracing and...
EXCLUSIVE: Ebola: 34-year-old pilot, wife identified as suspected cases who tested...
A 34-year-old pilot and his wife, a medical doctor, were the two people investigated for suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Adamawa State after...
Ebola: No new cases in Nigeria as two suspected cases in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said two suspected Ebola cases identified in Adamawa State have tested negative for the...
UPDATED: Ebola: Nigeria reports two new suspected cases in North-east
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported two new suspected cases of Ebola disease in Nigeria’s North-east region. The agency...
Ebola: Africa CDC warns continent ‘not winning’ as cases surpass 10,000
The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Jean Kaseya, has warned that Africa is not yet winning the...
Ebola: Survivors can transmit virus through sex, but not sweat or...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has explained that Ebola survivors may transmit the virus through sexual intercourse if it persists in their semen after...
Ebola: WHO expresses hope as cases surpass 10,000, deaths near 5,000...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed hope that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can be contained, despite...
