The Ebola death toll has risen to 61 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where health officials are working to contain the outbreak in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Most of the fatalities have been in Mabalako, where 50 people have died. Another three fatal cases are reported in…
Armed conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern regions is a barrier in controlling the latest Ebola virus outbreak in the country, the World Health Organization director said Saturday while visiting the response centers in Beni and Mangina. “I call upon all warring parties to provide secure access to all…
The death toll has risen to 33 in Democratic Republic of Congo, where health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak declared on Wednesday in the Beni region of Kivu province. The first Ebola Treatment Centers (ETCs) will be located in Mangina, Beni and Goma, but the update…
A new Ebola outbreak in the Beni region of Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed at least 20 lives so far, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Twelve experts from the ministry, based in Kinshasa, arrived in the Mangina and Mabalako communities on Thursday, with doctors, laboratory technicians, epidemiologists…
Tedros Adhanom, the World Health Organization Director General, returned to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to check on the progress of Ebola treatment and containment. He then visited Central African Republic, one of nine neighboring countries taking preparedness measures. “We have made great progress in the fight…
After a 10-day lull in new Ebola virus cases, the Ministry of Health in Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a case in the community of Iboko. “This is a contact of a probable case who died in late May,” said health minister Dr. Oly Ilunga in Thursday’s daily update….
Health officials in Democratic Republic of Congo say almost 700 people have received an experimental Ebola vaccine in the past 10 days as medical teams work to contain the outbreak in the country’s northwest. Dr. Oly Ilunga, the country’s health minister, said Thursday that about 500 of them are in…
More than 550 people in Democratic Republic of Congo are now being monitored by the country’s Ministry of Health as the latest Ebola virus outbreak threatens to become a crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) plans an emergency meeting Friday to assess the situation, following news of a confirmed case…
Tedros Adhanom, the World Health Organization Director General, was in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to personally evaluate the response to the country’s new Ebola outbreak. Tedros met with President Joseph Kabila, Minister of Health Oly Ilunga and other officials before heading out into the field to meet with…
A new outbreak of Ebola virus disease was declared Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where government officials confirmed two cases in the lakeside town of Bikoro in the country’s northwest. The World Health Organization said it was working closely with the DR Congo’s Ministry of Health, after…
Health officials in South Africa say there are now more than 1,000 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases tied to the Enterprise Foods production facility at Polokwane with 55 of those cases reported after the tainted ready-to-eat processed meats were recalled on March 4. More than half of those cases occurred in Gauteng…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is supporting 16 African nations in preparing for listeriosis outbreaks since South Africa’s began – and is now threatening other countries on the continent. Nearly 200 South Africans have died since January 2017 as a result of contaminated meat products that are popular…
Concerns over listeria contamination in South Africa have spilled into neighboring Namibia, where the operator of the country’s Pick n Pay stores announced Monday it was removing products tied to the outbreak from its shelves. “We believe that the impact of the recall on the Namibian market is not as…
Kenya on Thursday became the latest African nation to ban the use of shisha, an addictive and sweetly flavored tobacco smoked while using a water or hookah pipe. Dr. Cleopa Mailu of the country’s Ministry of Health issued the new control measures, which cover both the use and sale of…
The vast majority of all malaria cases reported to the World Health Organization in 2016 arise from sub-Saharan Africa, according to an annual WHO report released Wednesday. Just 15 countries, all in the region except for India, account for 80 percent of the global malaria burden. There are overall positive…