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DR Congo: Ebola claims over 1,000 lives, Guterres commits ‘whole’ UN system, to help ‘end the outbreak’

May 9, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now in its tenth month, has claimed more than a thousand lives, prompting Secretary-General António […]

DR Congo: Ebola outbreak kills nearly 700, spreading faster than ever

April 2, 2019 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. According to the UN […]

Congo’s Ebola epidemic is world’s second-biggest outbreak

November 30, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, the health ministry said late on Thursday. This outbreak – the second […]

DRC: cholera outbreak claims 857 lives – WHO

November 16, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded 857 cholera deaths since the beginning of the year, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The statistics […]

Africa: Air pollution kills hundreds children – WHO warns

October 30, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said air pollution kills 7 million people each year including 600,000 children mostly in Africa and Asia. It […]

Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians, health workers

October 23, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said on Monday he is “outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups” near Beni, […]

Congo: Ebola outbreak to worsen—WHO

October 18, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to worsen significantly, World Health Organization’s emergency committee of experts said on Wednesday. There have […]

WHO calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

October 16, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of […]

WHO gets Congo’s go-ahead to launch Ebola vaccination experiment

May 15, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The World Health Organization has been authorised by officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to use an experimental Ebola vaccine in the country as […]

Ebola outbreak confirmed in DRC

May 9, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ebola outbreak has killed at least 17 people in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the war-stricken nations’ ministry of health said in a statement. […]

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