Ebola outbreak in the DRC: four reasons it will be hard to contain
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to become huge and of long duration.
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Pasha 37: Why the new Ebola vaccine may be a game changer
African researchers are on the front line of the fight to find a vaccine that will protect people against Ebola.
Ebola returns to the DRC for the 10th time: here’s what we know
There have been ten Ebola outbreaks recorded from the DRC between 1976 and 2018 from different locations. This implies that the virus is widely spread.
Ebola survivors struggle to return to normal lives: what I found out in Sierra Leone and Liberia
10 years after official end of the Ebola pandemic, very few people know that survivors have struggled to continue with their lives.
Why Ebola is proving hard to beat in the DRC
Instability in the DRC and Ebola’s deadly properties is making it hard to contain the virus.
Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak
The new Ebola vaccine is yet to be licensed but evidence shows that it protects against the strain of the virus.
Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes
Without the current experimental vaccine the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to spiral out of control.
Seven factors that turned the DRC’s Ebola outbreak around
The biggest lesson has been that controlling a disease outbreak like Ebola is impossible without community trust and engagement.
How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola
Ebola is difficult to contain because of human social and behavioural factors. But it can be if 100% of the infected people’s contacts are identified and monitored.
Challenges of administering an Ebola vaccine in remote areas of the DRC
Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
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