Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg ... Since the start of the outbreak, DRC had ...

Mpox can be lethal, especially for children under five years old. The mortality rate for clade I is between 3% and 10%. The ...

There are cuts to pandemic preparedness, even though we are barely emerging from the Covid pandemic, and it was less than 10 ...

Ebola treatment center set on fire in Butembo, DRC in February. Despite the security problems, Dr. Keita says he and his team are staying, and are determined to stop the outbreak by the end of the ...

[Reuters] A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting health ... just four months after the previous outbreak came to an end.

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has condemned the killing of 52 civilians during the night of Friday to Saturday in the eastern city of Goma, allegedly carried out by ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have updated their ...

This initiative has improved public preparedness, prevention, and the ability to respond to disease outbreaks in DRC, including meningitis and Ebola. REDISSE IV has made key improvements in the ...

A new CDC-led study identifies deforestation as a leading indicator of Ebola virus spillover ... Predicted risk is highly concentrated in the DRC, particularly in areas of recent forest loss.

Scientists had initially feared this spread could represent another Ebola-like crisis ... several people in the DRC died of respiratory infections that were worsened by malaria. Although the possible ...

Most Ebola outbreaks affect sub-Saharan Africa where ... that was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The virus' natural reservoir animal is suspected to be a species ...