U.N. creates new Ebola chief role to tackle security, political issues in Congo

By Reuters,

The United Nations named an Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator on Thursday, creating a new position to boost efforts to contain a 10-month epidemic ...

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Ebola outbreak could spill into Uganda, Rwanda & South Sudan: WHO

By VOA,

The World Health Organization has warned that it is unlikely that the Ebola outbreak can remain successfully contained in the Democratic Republic of C...

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DRC Ebola outbreak ‘worsening;’ over 1,000 dead

By VOA,

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “worse...

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New attack on Ebola center in Congo, 1 militia member killed

By VOA,

Militia members have attacked an Ebola treatment center hours after another attack killed a staffer with the World Health Organization, a Congolese of...

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Attackers kill doctor at hospital in Congo’s Ebola epicenter

By VOA,

Attackers stormed a hospital at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak and killed "a dear colleague," the head of the World Health Organization said ...

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Ebola is real, Congo president tells skeptical population

By Reuters,

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday implored people in areas hit by the nation’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak to accept the disease is real...

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Experts: DRC Ebola outbreak does not pose global threat

By VOA,

Experts meeting in emergency session at the World Health Organization agree the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo does not consti...

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Ebola spread concentrated in Congo, not a wider emergency: WHO

By Reuters,

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has killed more than 700 people and is continuing to spread does not constitute an...

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Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from contained,’ US aid chief says

By VOA,

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is far from contained, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Gree...

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Hospital staff errors with gowns and gloves spread bacteria

By Reuters,

Healthcare workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of cl...

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Red cross: health, aid workers face unabated attacks

By VOA,

Health and humanitarian workers in war zones are facing unabated and increasing attacks "and the impact on civilians is nothing but catastrophic," the...

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WHO: Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever

By VOA,

Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organiz...

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Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO

By Reuters,

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organ...

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Ebola treatment center in Congo reopens after attack

By VOA,

An Ebola treatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has resumed operations after it...

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From attacks to deaths, key facts about Congo’s escalating Ebola epidemic

By VOA,

Congo's Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the country's health ministry said Monday, with a death toll of about 629 in the world's second-w...

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UN Officials: 13 Million in Congo need aid in major increase

By VOA,

The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Congo has increased dramatically in the past year to 13 million and "hunger and malnutrition have rea...

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Congo Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases: health ministry

By Reuters,

Congo’s Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday, with a death toll of 629 in the world’s second worst ever...

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Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to city of 1 Million

By VOA,

Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a case of Ebola in another city of close to 1 million people, the health ministry sa...

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Deadly plague breaks out on Uganda-Congo border, WHO says

By Reuters,

A deadly form of plague has broken out on Uganda’s border with Democratic Republic of Congo and several people are thought to have died of the disea...

Ebola treatment center attacked again as Congo battles deadly epidemic

By CNN,

Militants attacked an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing a police officer as the nation battles a growing epidemic th...

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