earlier detection and better coordination between local and international responders in DR Congo. Click to hear from Ebola responder Dr. Mory Keita, WHO Field Coordinator in Beni, DRC. The WHO's ...
DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging ...
An Ebola epidemic raging in eastern DR Congo marks its first year on Thursday in a mood of fear mingled with hope that fresh money and a change of leadership will turn the tide. So far ...
Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like ...
Epidemiology researchers are harnessing tools developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, ...
Human-to-human transmission occurs through body fluids. Its main symptoms are fever, vomiting, hemorrhage, and diarrhea. DR Congo has experienced 14 Ebola epidemics.
An Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo marked its first anniversary on Thursday with two more cases in the densely-populated frontier city of Goma and accusations by ...
"Just recently in the DRC, for the first time we observed sexual transmissions of Monkey pox, the Central African species, ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sierra Leone has officially been declared free of ...
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Myfanwy James is an Assistant Professor in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies. Her work examines the politics of humanitarian intervention in contexts of conflict and displacement, ...
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