Ebola in Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo now has more than 2,000 infected

The current outbreak of the virus, beginning late July 2018, has claimed 1,346 lives in North Kivu and Ituri provinces until May.

DR Congo’s health authorities probe suspected Ebola case in North Kivu

 In previous outbreaks, it has killed as many as 90 per cent of the people it infected, according to the WHO

Ebola, pandemic influenza and SDG feature prominently at 71st World Health Assembly

The five-day assembly also agreed upon other resolutions concerning topics like digital health and assistive technology

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some

The deaths in this outbreak are 10% of the total deaths recorded in West Africa in 2014, which took more than 11,000 lives

‘Africa’s health institutions must be strengthened at country-level’

During an outbreak, the same health worker is repurposed for emergency tasks, impacting routine healthcare services

Marburg in Guinea: The value of lessons from managing other haemorrhagic outbreaks

Viral haemorrhagic fever has again raised its head in Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic. To date, 14 outbreaks of Marburg virus disease have …

We wanted to know how coronavirus affects Nairobi’s slum residents. What we found

The pandemic is clearly having a negative impact on people’s health and economic and social status

In Ebola shadow, West Africa battles COVID-19 amid economic challenges

Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are fighting amid collapsed economies and weakened heathcare systems

Now, Ebola case surfaces in Uganda

Five-year-old child who travelled from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, down with  disease

Twin studies pave way for Ebola, Zika and dengue treatment

Researchers use protein-to-protein interaction between viruses and human cells to narrow down on potential treatment targets

Several experimental drugs being tested in Congo to halt Ebola

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approved the drugs to treat people infected with Ebola even as conflict continues in the area

Make pandemic preparedness in Africa affordable: WHO

New regional strategy prepared by UN body on disease surveillance and response says investing in pandemic preparedness is an affordable public …

'Ebola is the result of environmental degradation'

Peter Hotez is the co-founder of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases that provides access to essential medicines for millions of …

BATting for disease

A new study maps the transmission landscape for diseases emanating due to contact with bats

WHO declares end of Ebola transmission in Guinea

This is the first time that the three host countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — are free of the virus

New vaccine protects against Ebola when administered seven days before infection: Study

Study was conducted on Macaque monkeys and results published in the Science journal

Ebola rears head again in DRC; China, US report new strains of bird flu

WHO assesses EVD risk to be low at global level; China says H3N8 infection not a cause for worry

Guinea Ebola outbreak risk ‘very high’, warns WHO

Among the 7 cases reported between January 18 and February 13, five have died  

Coming out of the jungle, infectious diseases

Diseases associated with forests can, in several ways, be seen as a reaction to change in relationship between humans and forests  

Ebola and Zika epidemics are driven by pathologies of society, not just a virus

To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global political …

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

The viral disease burden in Africa is largely underestimated and the rVSV-ZEBOV is a much-needed vaccine in the fight against Ebola

After Ebola, bird flu hits West Africa

Africans will have to mass cull chicken, an inexpensive source of nutrition in the region

WHO’s Ebola vaccination strategy ineffective in DRC: MSF

The aid agency has also called for an independent, international committee to manage Ebola vaccine stocks and their use   

Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

Translating lessons learnt during the outbreak in West Africa into improved vision health is an ongoing necessity in Congo

Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …