Ebola outbreak in DRC: are we better prepared this time?: Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock.com Two cases of Ebola virus disease have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just one year after the country declared its last outbreak to be over. The outbreak is in the market town of Bikoro in the north-west of …
DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak: USAID/flickr At least 17 people have died in an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the north west of the Democractic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the town of Bikoro. Ebola is endemic to the country. But the number of deaths in a short …
An outbreak of Ebola in the DRC has been contained. What went right this time?: An elaborate alert system is needed to test for Ebola. Baz Ratner/Reuters. The World Health Organisation recently declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the time the outbreak was …
Ebola virus response: experiences and lessons from Sierra Leone: The public in Sierra Leone was proactive in reporting suspected Ebola cases. Reuters/Luc Gnago It’s 18 months since Sierra Leone was declared Ebola free after a two-year outbreak that left 4,000 people dead. While the outbreak might be over, its effects will persist for many years. …
The new ‘100% effective’ Ebola vaccine owes a debt to the scientists who beat smallpox: WHO/S. Hawkey Almost a year after the official end of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the final results from one of the only Ebola vaccine trials are now in – and they look very promising. This is the only …