HealthUganda has restricted travel as a Nigerian Ebola case is evacuated to Europe. The outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May and is now the fastest-growing and most widespread on record, with nearly 10,000 confirmed cases across Africa.
HealthThe World Health Organization warned Thursday that Africa faces a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus spread from east Africa to Nigeria, its first appearance in the continent’s west.
HealthThe World Health Organization is holding a media briefing on its response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa. Nigeria reported its first case in more than a decade on October 20, becoming the fourth African country affected and the most populous; health officials have called the outbreak the fastest-spreading on record.
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HealthNigeria has reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, making it the fourth African country affected by the outbreak and the most populous. Health officials have described the outbreak as the fastest-spreading on record.
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HealthThe fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached four other countries, two of which have active cases. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions.
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HealthNigeria has confirmed an Ebola case linked to the ongoing outbreak. Officials said the patient travelled from Uganda to Abuja and is now in isolation, while authorities trace 44 people she had contact with.
HealthAfter Kenya and Uganda, Nigeria has announced its first Ebola case: a woman who travelled from Uganda and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja. The outbreak began in DR Congo in May, and health officials have described it as the fastest-spreading on record.
HealthNigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case amid an outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in mid-May. The programme also reports that a former senior South African police officer facing sexual grooming and rape charges was denied bail, and highlights distinctive vanilla grown in São Tomé and Príncipe.
HealthA Phase 1 trial is under way in Masaka, southern Uganda, for a vaccine candidate targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is circulating in the region. No treatment or vaccine for this strain is currently approved.
HealthKenya confirmed a third Ebola case, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 65-year-old woman tested positive while in quarantine, where she had been since 5 October. A 39-year-old man from the same family is stable. Officials say there is no evidence of community transmission because both patients were quarantined.
HealthKenya has confirmed a third Ebola case involving a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The programme also reports that Cameroonian journalist Ambe Macmillan is recovering in hospital after gunmen shot him in the legs in Bamenda, and profiles Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, whose work draws on his country’s colonial and industrial past.
HealthKenya’s health ministry has confirmed a third Ebola case in the country. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is also facing its worst recorded Ebola outbreak, with more than 9,000 cases reported since May and deaths nearing 4,500. Clinician and former South African Medical Association chair Angelique Coetzee offers her analysis.
HealthMore than $700 million in foreign aid intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo cannot be accounted for, out of $900 million provided for the response, according to Africa CDC and Congolese authorities. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya weighed in.
HealthKenya reported a second Ebola case on Wednesday. The 39-year-old patient is a close family member of the first case and was in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday. The first patient, who had lived in Congo, died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5.
HealthKenya’s health authorities confirmed another Ebola case, a close family member of the country’s first fatal case. The patient was already quarantined when symptoms appeared and was immediately isolated. The health ministry says 108 people are quarantined, with no evidence of wider community transmission.
HealthAn Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is putting fresh pressure on communities and health workers in a region already affected by conflict and displacement. The report follows efforts to identify and treat patients, conduct laboratory tests and carry out safe burials, while examining how insecurity, mistrust and a fragile health system complicate the response.
HealthGovernment figures put reported Ebola cases in eastern DR Congo above 9,000 and deaths above 4,380. Officials say the true infection toll could be much higher because fear and misinformation deter people from seeking care. In Butembo, health workers report emptier clinics and fewer women seeking maternity care amid rumors that facilities spread the virus.
HealthKenya has confirmed a second Ebola case.
HealthThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is still grappling with the biggest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history, with reported infections exceeding 9,000. Efforts to curb transmission across several hotspots are struggling, and the health ministry says nearly half of cases have ended in death. WHO Ebola Incident Manager Dr Catherine Smallwood discusses the situation.
HealthEbola continues its advance in eastern DR Congo, where the toll is 9,000 infections and 4,000 deaths. German specialists are guiding local medical staff in safer patient care and ways to curb transmission.
HealthMany people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are avoiding health centers because they fear catching Ebola. As a result, fewer babies are being born in clinics and fewer children are receiving routine vaccinations.
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HealthA person suspected of having Ebola, reportedly quarantined in a hospital, tested negative after rumours circulated over the previous 24 hours. In Nairobi, officials are urgently tracing contacts of Kenya’s first Ebola death, reported on Monday.
HealthA Kenyan who had lived in Congo before returning to Nairobi is Kenya’s first confirmed Ebola case and the country’s first death from the disease amid a rapidly evolving outbreak. The Kenya Red Cross is helping the government try to avert a public health crisis.
HealthEbola control is proving difficult in the Central African Republic. In the southeastern town of Zemio, proximity to the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised fears of cross-border spread. Health workers are repeatedly absent from checkpoints, while residents continue to cross through unofficial routes, hampering screening and surveillance.