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Uganda conquers Ebola in 69 days

Kampala. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola…

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Sierra Leone launches Ebola vaccination drive for frontline health workers

Freetown – Sierra Leone launched a nationwide Ebola vaccination…

A decade after the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, Sierra Leone begins a new chapter with nationwide preventive vaccination of frontline workers

Sierra Leone becomes the first country, among those most severely…

Hope Secured: Safely Moving Ebola Samples in Sierra Leone

Hope secured: safely moving Ebola samples in Sierra Leone

Freetown – Sierra Leone, with the support of the World Health…

Medical personnel at an Ebola ETU

Fighting Ebola in the line of duty

Mr. and Mrs. Kintu* are among the few medical personnel that…

An Ebola survivor walks to the survivors' clinic in Kassanda

A survivor's life after Ebola

Shafiq, a motorbike rider for over ten years, almost lost his life to…

Preventive Ebola vaccination safeguards health workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Preventive Ebola vaccination safeguards health workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa – “Getting the Ebola vaccine has given me a deep sense of…

Semen testing, safe sex counselling for male Ebola survivors halts disease spread

Halting the spread of Ebola through sexual transmission

Monrovia ‒ Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members,…

Mr. Joel Maybury, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission

Liberia officially closes the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors- Men’s Health Screening Program

Monrovia, 14th March 2023: The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak…

Participants at the After Action Review meeting

End of Ebola Outbreak in Uganda: WHO, Ministry of Health Conduct After Action Review

On 11 January 2023, Uganda declared the end of Sudan Ebola virus…