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9 October 2019 | Ebola Disease

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 of the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the numbers were climbing still. As of mid-June 2019, there were some 2071 Ebola virus disease cases in the 12-month period of the tenth outbreak, with 1396 of them having passed away. And Uganda had just confirmed an outbreak at the shared border.

8 October 2019 | Laboratories and Health Technology

The future of public health response is here: WHO summit explains the lives it will save

It was the tenth outbreak for its neighbour, but it was the closest that Ebola virus disease had come to Uganda since 2012. When the first cases were reported in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in August 2018, only 200 km from their shared border, Uganda health authorities braced with concern.

2 October 2019 | Ebola Disease

Surviving Ebola and passing final school exams while in treatment isolation: Now bring on the future

Days before the most important exams of his life – the exams that would determine the course of his future, Claude Mabowa’s older sister tested positive for Ebola

1 October 2019 | Ebola Disease

Dear parents and neighbours – A young mother tells her story of Ebola denial and then gratitude for treatment

When 33-year-old Kanyere Vwatire first left a health facility, it was the middle of the night and she was running away.

1 October 2019 | Measles

An emergency vaccination point for children offers a mother relief against measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

As her bus approached the town of Masi Manimba, Rosette Mboma heard a local radio announcement for free measles vaccinations for children the following day.

30 September 2019 | Ebola Disease

A doctor takes you to the tough and joy-filled days in the Ebola battle in Goma

The tenth epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially began in August 2018. A year later, as of 10 September 2019, 3 091 cases had been confirmed, 2 074 of them had died, while 938 survived. The city of Goma, is highly vulnerable due to the huge population movement between the epidemic areas and Goma, with more than 5 000 travellers a day.

27 September 2019 | Ebola Disease Cholera Measles

Ebola, cholera and measles: Triple threats to the poorest communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kasika is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Goma, the largest city in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was in Kasika that Goma’s first case was detected.

26 September 2019 | Ebola Disease

Mothers survive Ebola while pregnant against the odds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

“I put my feet on the ground and wiggled my toes. It felt strange to touch the ground for the first time in weeks. Slowly, I stood up, holding the hand of the nurse. I held my swollen belly and smiled.” That was the moment Rachel Kahuko Kavugho began to let herself believe that she might survive Ebola “and that the baby in my belly might get to live”.

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Ghana | 21 October 2026 | Patient Safety

Feature Stories

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

The future of public health response is here: WHO summit explains the lives it will save

Surviving Ebola and passing final school exams while in treatment isolation: Now bring on the future

Dear parents and neighbours – A young mother tells her story of Ebola denial and then gratitude for treatment

An emergency vaccination point for children offers a mother relief against measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A doctor takes you to the tough and joy-filled days in the Ebola battle in Goma

Ebola, cholera and measles: Triple threats to the poorest communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mothers survive Ebola while pregnant against the odds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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