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WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) today prequalified an Ebola…
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Dr Elhadji Mamadou Mbaye

A Senegalese doctor reflects on what he’s learned from Congolese communities in the fight against Ebola

Dr Elhadji Mamadou Mbaye, from the West African country of Senegal,…
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Esperance Tshiwedi

The day the lab techs helped change the fate of a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Medical biologist Espérance Tshiwedi was in a meeting back in July…
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The Ministry of Health and the United Nations condemn attack on health worker supporting the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Ministry of Health and the United Nations condemn attack on health worker supporting the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Goma, 3 November 2019 – The interministerial technical secretariat of…
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Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie Claire Lamah is a doctor from the West Africa country of…
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Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Goma, DRC, 21 October 2019 - The Democratic Republic of the…
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Photo: WHO/Kisimir J.

Blandine Kazade: The nurse who saved a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

“These hands are our most important tools of work but can also be a…
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Dr Mwesha

From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert

As Didier Mwesha passed his one-year anniversary on the front lines…
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

430 days and 1000 victories in the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Statement from Dr Matshidiso Moeti Today, amid our unrelenting work…
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