Health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been battling an Ebola outbreak for over a year. More than 2,100 people have died, and the World Health Organization has declared it a ...
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, 1,790 ...
A five-year-old boy in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials have said. The death is the first in Uganda, amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials said ...
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting health authorities to enforce urgent containment measures just four months after the previous ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced its concern over the reappearance and subsequent spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a territory formerly known as Zaire. The ...
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 ...
Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like ...
He had little political experience when Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019. It was the death of his father – the iconic ...
From flu to coronavirus to the ominously-named 'Disease X', epidemiologists around the world have ranked what they believe ...
Many experts believe it is only a matter of time before “Disease X” arrives, and that it is likely to be 20 times more lethal ...
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, ...