Yap Boum

Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology

A laboratory worker analysing test samples at Kinshasa’s Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale.

Mpox in DRC: Residents of slum at centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis

27 Jan 2025

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DRC’s coping mechanisms in the face of Ebola, measles and COVID-19

DRC’s coping mechanisms in the face of Ebola, measles and COVID-19

23 Jun 2020

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Health officer on the frontline in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Flickr

Health in Africa

Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn't a silver bullet

21 Jul 2019

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