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Tag: Ebola
Experts dismiss as “absurd” WHO’s excusal of staff sex misconduct in Congo
The restricted approach by the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the misconduct of its staffers during an Ebola outbreak in Congo has been ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus, reports 9 casualties
Equatorial Guinea has announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WTO) confirmed ... Read More
Concerned about Ebola, Uganda extends quarantine in outbreak epicenter for 21 days
Uganda has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicenter of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, with the government asserting ... Read More
Uganda locks down two districts for three weeks in bid to check spread of Ebola
A three-week lockdown has been imposed in Uganda’s two central region districts to curb the spread of Ebola, which has killed 19 people since the ... Read More
Uganda is battling Ebola outbreak again, with death toll climbing to 19
The new Ebola outbreak in Uganda has killed 19 people while five medical staff members that contracted the virus have recovered and been discharged from ... Read More
Ebola cases, fatalities rise in Uganda, as DR Congo declares end to latest outbreak
The 15th outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes to an end as neighboring Uganda races to tackle a virus ... Read More
Uganda races to halt outbreak of Ebola, with seven cases, one death reported so far
Two days after announcing an outbreak of Ebola, Uganda has confirmed seven cases of the contagious disease, as authorities try to track down 43 contacts ... Read More
UN chief pledges support for DR Congo army, pays tribute to blue helmets
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres who started Saturday a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo promised that the UN Peacekeeping Mission in ... Read More
Ebola “no longer incurable” – WHO, Scientists
Ebola is "no longer incurable" as experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of ... Read More
African Union’s Deafening Silence Regarding Deportations of Sub-Saharans by Algeria
The President of the African Union Commission, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, came under harsh criticism for her deafening silence on the violations of human rights ... Read More