The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said 20,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine had been allocated for a research vaccination programme in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the DRC is involving frontline health workers and others involved in …
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UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) says Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced. WHO, in a statement on Monday, said the disease had killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the DRC’s 2018-2020 outbreak, which was …
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UN has allocated $2 million dollars from its Central Emergency Response Fund to strengthen Ebola outbreak preparedness in Rwanda. Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday at UN headquarters in New York. Haq said UN and its humanitarian partners had continued to …
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The current Ebola outbreak across Uganda and the DRC has reached 894 confirmed cases and 204 confirmed deaths, with 74 recoveries reported in the first month since the declaration on May 15, 2026. Dr Wessam Mankoula, acting head of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division at the Africa Centres for …
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UN team and humanitarian partners are appealing for 15.8 million dollars to support Uganda’s Ebola response through August. While 3.1 million dollars has been mobilised, they noted that a funding gap of 12.7 million dollars remains. UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday while briefing journalists at UN headquarters in …
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Health authorities on Friday confirmed that about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been recorded in an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) The suspected cases and 65 deaths were recorded mainly in Mongwalu and Rwampara, with four deaths among confirmed cases. According to the Africa …
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Uganda on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony in the central district of Mubende where …
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