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AfDB gives Uganda $1m grant for Ebola

Our ReporterFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020

The African Development Bank has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the East African country tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The grant to support Uganda’s...

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Red Cross Ebola volunteer found dead

Our ReporterJanuary 16, 2020January 16, 2020

Uganda Red Cross Society says one of its staff members passed away under unclear circumstances. Frank Ahimbisibwe, attached to - Risk Communication in the Ebola Operations in western Uganda, was...

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4 Ebola workers slain in Congo

Our ReporterNovember 29, 2019November 29, 2019

By AFP Four Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo were killed and six injured, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, the UN...

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Museveni lauds Ebola, Marburg researcher Misaki

Our ReporterNovember 6, 2019November 6, 2019

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has congratulated Dr. Misaki Wayengera, a Researcher at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, for his efforts in developing a rapid test kit to diagnose the...

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Congo ex-health minister arrested for stealing Ebola money

Our ReporterSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019

KINSHASA, Congo (Associated Press) — Police in Congo have detained the former minister of health amid an investigation into the use of Ebola funds as confirmed Ebola deaths rose to...

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Congo doctors arrested over murder of Ebola medic

Our ReporterAugust 8, 2019August 8, 2019

By BBC Three Congolese doctors have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the killing of a World Health Organization (WHO) medic, a military prosecutor has said. Cameroonian...

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Rwanda Catholic Church changes liturgy over Ebola

Our ReporterAugust 6, 2019August 6, 2019

The Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda has today announced change of its traditional liturgy in response to the government's call to reinforce preventive measures of Ebola including handshakes which are...

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Second person dies of Ebola in Congo

Our ReporterAugust 1, 2019August 1, 2019

By AFP A second person has died of Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, the country's pointman for the epidemic said on Wednesday, heightening fears the disease...

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Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

Our ReporterJuly 17, 2019July 18, 2019

In this photograph taken Sunday July 14, 2019, a morgue employee walks with a cross past others disinfecting the entrance to the morgue in Beni, Congo DRC. The head of...

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UK secretary of state Rory Stewart urges funding for Ebola-hit Congo

Our ReporterJuly 9, 2019July 9, 2019

International Development Secretary Rory Stewart has called on other countries to urgently help deal with the ongoing, deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a visit...