Tag Archives: DRC

    SPECIAL FEATURE | As the DRC battles a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak, investment in community health surveillance is critical, writes Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO of Amref Health Africa. Since the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has announced the immediate temporary closure of its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following what authorities described as a continued escalation of the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and heightened risks posed by cross-border movement. The resolutions were agreed upon by …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has now become one of the hardest-hit areas in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak. In Shuni 1, a neighborhood of Mongbwalu, the fatal virus has entered homes, funerals, and daily conversations, spreading …

BANGKOK | Xinhua | Thailand has tightened its defenses against Ebola, imposing a mandatory 21-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday. Under the new rules, travelers from or transiting through the two African countries …

  Uganda is mobilizing its hard-earned Ebola expertise as eastern DRC’s outbreak threatens to overwhelm borders, and strain economies   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is once again finding itself standing at the centre of Africa’s battle against Ebola as a fast-moving outbreak spreading through eastern Democratic Republic of …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa on Monday pledged 5 million U.S. dollars to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has announced that Russia will assist the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda in swiftly controlling the ongoing Ebola outbreak. “We hope that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with the support …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda on Thursday announced the temporary suspension of flights to and from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease that has killed dozens of people. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, said in …

GENEVA | Xinhua | The risk of the Ebola epidemic is “high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level,” and the situation is not a “pandemic emergency,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is racing to contain its latest Ebola outbreak, after it was declared on May 15 in the eastern province of Ituri. During a media briefing on Tuesday, DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said that 543 suspected cases were …