#Ebola

  1. Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

    By MSF [MSF] Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than 11,000 deaths, before the epidemic was over. Dr Michel Van Herp, a re

  2. Africa: Preventive Ebola Vaccination Safeguards Health Workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo

    By WHO-AFRO [WHO-AFRO]Kinshasa -- "Getting the Ebola vaccine has given me a deep sense of security and will allow me to concentrate fully on my work," says Chrysostome Kavusa Mwenderwa, a health care worker at Kalunguta Referral Hospital in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the

  3. Liberia: 'No Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, It's a Rumor' - Expert

    By Press Release / FrontPageAfrica [FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia -- The Liberian globally acclaimed biomedical scientist and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan has said that, "people should not panic as there is so far no valid information about an Ebola outbreak in

  4. 2 died of Ebola: They said Obama should resign. 4 died in Benghazi: They had Hillary testify for 11 hours, held 33 hearings, and launched a 4-year probe. 841,776 Covid deaths, an armed insurrection & theft of classified documents: They cheered, and want Trump to be president.

  5. From Yom Kippur to the Abraham Accords: How Israel procured Africa’s good graces

    By Obiora Ikoku - African Arguments After decades in diplomatic deep-freeze, how did Israel become one of Africa’s best friends? 4 July, 2016. On his inaugural Africa trip, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu meets with East African Heads of State – Ugandan President Museven

  6. Nigeria: Govt Confirms Dengue Fever Outbreak in Northern State

    By Nike Adebowale-Tambe / Premium Times [Premium Times] No deaths have been recorded from the outbreak. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), on Saturday said 13 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Sokoto State. In a statement posted on its official w

  7. Africa: As the World Watches, Africa Rises to Face the Infectious Disease Epidemic

    By Melody Chironda / allAfrica [allAfrica]Lusaka, Zambia -- The battle against infectious diseases neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Africa is a critical and complex issue that requires urgent attention. While the continent has made signific

  8. Burning Man attendees share ordeal with urine bottles as clean-up begins after exodus – updates

    By Andrea Blanco,Ariana Baio and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar The Burning Man exodus appears to have come to an end — paving the way for a massive clean-up job to begin. Thousands of attendees cleared out from the Nevada desert campsite after being trapped for days when the festival desce

  9. Burning Man attendees share ordeal with urine bottles as clean-up begins after exodus – live

    By Andrea Blanco,Ariana Baio and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar The Burning Man exodus appears to have come to an end — paving the way for a massive clean-up job to begin. Thousands of attendees cleared out from the Nevada desert campsite after being trapped for days when the festival desce