Tag: Ebola
Aid groups should face tougher action over sex abuse by staff:...
Aid organisations and humanitarian agencies should face tougher action including funding cuts if they do not tackle sexual abuse by staff, aid experts told...
Congo ‘jobs-for-sex’ expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workers
Vetting aid workers more closely and giving women more power is critical to tackle sex abuse in humanitarian crises as exposed in a joint...
Last DR Congo Ebola patient discharged
The last patient treated for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was discharged this week the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, bringing the...
DR Congo violence in Ebola hotspot leaves people in “crossfire”
Attacks on communities in an Ebola outbreak hotspot in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sparked a humanitarian crisis and threaten aid distribution the...
DR Congo clinic attacks raise risk of Ebola resurgence
International organisations warned of potential resurgence of Ebola in DR Congo (DRC) after deadly militia attacks on health centres forced aid groups to suspend...
Three killed in Ebola response centre attacks
Three health workers were killed and several injured in attacks on two Ebola response centres in eastern Congo, authorities and health services said.
Violence...
UN Ebola teams evacuated
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) evacuated staff working on the Ebola epidemic from Beni in Democratic Republic of...
Ebola alarm in DR Congo
About 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after contact with an infected person in eastern Congo and many are out of reach...
New Ebola vaccine in use in DR Congo
Health authorities in eastern Congo introduced a new Ebola vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson, aid group MSF said, to help combat the world’s...
Ebola emergency chief decries deadly attack on DRC Ebola worker
Security measures for staff fighting health emergencies need to be stepped up urgently, a UN health agency top official said, after a frontline Ebola...
Ebola screening suspended in South Sudan
The UN migration agency suspended screening services for Ebola after three aid workers were killed in South Sudan, the latest incident involving relief staff...
Tanzania and WHO cross swords over Ebola data
Tanzania summoned the World Health Organisation’s local representative over its assertion that government refused to share information on suspected Ebola cases, signalling displeasure at...
Ebola death toll in DRC tops two thousand
The death toll in Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak climbed above 2,000, government data showed, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust...
DR Congo Ebola spreading
Congolese authorities confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled province Walikale, hundreds of kilometres away from previous cases near the border...
Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda
Uganda started its largest-ever trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine, an official said, amid fears of a potential spill-over of the deadly haemorrhagic fever...
Goma tests Ebola response
Deo Bakulu washes his hands at every opportunity since Ebola reached eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city Goma last month.
The washing station set up...
Twelve die in eastern DR Congo
Islamist rebels killed twelve people in two attacks in east Congo where an Ebola epidemic is raging, local authorities said.
Suspected rebels from the Allied...
Ebola patient suspected of entering Rwanda
A woman who died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have taken the deadly disease into Rwanda, according to a Ugandan...
WHO sounds Ebola alarm
The World Health Organisation declared DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm as the virus threatens to...
Ebola workers killed in eastern DR Congo
Unidentified attackers killed two Ebola health workers in eastern Congo over the weekend, the health ministry said, the latest in a string of assaults...
“My people are dying” – covering the DRC Ebola outbreak
The Ebola clinic in a hospital compound in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is a day’s drive from regional capital Goma but near home...
One in four DRC Ebola cases goes undetected
Roughly a quarter of Ebola infections in eastern Congo are estimated undetected or found too late, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert said.
Some 2,025...
DR Congo health worker killed, Ebola clinic looted
A mob in eastern Congo killed an Ebola health worker and looted a clinic, the Health Ministry said, underscoring a breakdown in public trust...
No time to lose in fight against Ebola in DR Congo
With the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s worst ever Ebola outbreak now in its tenth month, the United Nations announced measures to strengthen its...
“Political games” hamper DR Congo Ebola effort
Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are hampered by “political games” and distrust of outsiders in two Democratic Republic of...
Clashes in Ebola-affected Congo city kill at least 9
Heavy fighting between the army and local militiamen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola-stricken city of Butembo killed at least nine people on...
DR Congo Ebola deaths top thousand
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in DR Congo rose above 1,000 on Friday, with attacks on treatment centres hampering efforts to control...
Ebola situation worsens in DR Congo
Strengthening security and the Ebola response effort is essential to contain the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health...
Ebola workers threaten to strike
Health workers in an epicentre of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak threatened to go on strike if authorities don’t do more to...
Senior WHO official killed in DR Congo
Heavily armed militiamen attacked a hospital treating Ebola patients in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) epidemiologist and...
Ebola in DR Congo spreading
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected according to the World...
DR Congo Ebola treatment centre re-opens after attack
An Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo resumed operations after it was attacked last month, the country’s health ministry said.
The centre...
DR Congo militia attack Ebola treatment centre
Armed Mai Mai militiamen attacked an Ebola treatment centre at the heart of an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, killing a policeman...
Medics losing the battle against Ebola
The battle against Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo is failing because ordinary people do not trust health workers and an overly militarised response...
DR Congo Ebola centre re-opens
An Ebola treatment centre at the epicentre of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo resumed operations after it was closed in...
DR Congo Ebola centre torched
Attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forcing staff to evacuate...
Ebola spreads to high risk areas in DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread southwards into an area with high security risks according to the World Health Organisation.
The outbreak, the...
Ebola inoculations for South Sudanese healthcare workers
Some 2,000 healthcare and frontline workers in South Sudan are to be offered Ebola vaccines to stop importation of the viral disease from DR...
Civilians killed in Ebola zone
Suspected militiamen killed at least 18 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, near the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, an army spokesman said.
Repeated...
Gunfire, threats and curfews slow fight against Ebola in DR Congo
When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent surge in violence,...
Testing the boundaries of Ebola response
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not new. In total, there have been 10 EVD...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak to last another six months
The Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has already killed more than 200 people, is expected to last until...
US concerned about DRC Ebola outbreak
The United States is worried about the outbreak of Ebola in conflict-hit eastern Congo where there are 312 confirmed and probable cases...
West Africa Ebola outbreak cost billions
An Ebola outbreak that ravaged Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in 2014 cost economies an estimated $53 billion, according to a study...
Health workers among those killed in DR Congo Ebola zone
Unidentified gunmen killed at least 14 people, including two health workers, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where militia violence hampers efforts...
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo set to worsen
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to worsen significantly unless response is stepped up, an emergency committee of...
Red Cross workers injured in DR Congo ambulance attack
Three International Committee of the Red Cross volunteers helping bury an Ebola victim in eastern DR Congo were injured in an attack...
Violence and displacement in Ebola-hit DRC threatens humanitarian response
Increasing violence in Ebola-affected areas of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens the safety of tens of thousands of people...
WHO concerned about Ebola in DR Congo
The World Health Organisation is concerned the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo could deteriorate rapidly because of attacks by armed...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to no-go zone surrounded by rebels
Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk,...
