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Kinshasa, DRC | URN | Hundreds of thousands of children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing major disruptions to their education as the country battles its largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned. The humanitarian organisation said fear of Ebola, inadequate …

JUBA, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan has stepped up nationwide preparedness and surveillance against Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus after neighboring Kenya confirmed an imported case, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. No cases have been detected in the country and the health system has been …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto has ordered health authorities to ramp up emergency measures following the death of a patient confirmed as the country’s first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD). In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, Ruto directed the National Security Council Committee …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda remains Ebola-free despite reports that a confirmed case in neighboring Kenya had transited through the country, Ministry of Health said late Tuesday. Charles Olaro, director general of health services at the ministry, said in a statement that Uganda continues to maintain strong surveillance and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ugandan health authorities have stepped up surveillance and border screening after Kenyan authorities confirmed that a Kenyan national who died from Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through Kampala before entering Kenya. Uganda’s Ministry of Health said the …

  Kenyan Ebola patient passes away in Nairobi hospital   Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES |  Kenya’s Ministry of Health has confirmed the first imported case of Ebola (Bundibugyo) Virus Disease in the country. The patient, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the …

  CEPI is now pressing for US$2.5 billion in new funding for its 100 Days Mission, which aims to have vaccines ready within 100 days of identifying a future pathogen   NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | As the Ebola outbreak spreads unabated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The United Arab Emirates has eased precautionary entry measures imposed on Ugandan nationals during the Ebola outbreak, paving the way for the restoration of normal travel and labour links between the two countries. The decision was announced by the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster …

Geneva, Switzerland | URN | The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is showing encouraging signs of slowing in some areas, but continues to grow and kill, with cases rising sharply in North Kivu. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says transmission is …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Ebola transmission is showing starkly different trends across affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the epidemic peak having passed in Ituri, the main epicenter of the outbreak, while transmission continues to rise in the eastern province of North Kivu, a …