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Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak
The East African country had announced its latest outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus.
Published on Apr 26, 2025 01:03 PM IST
Reuters |
WHO says won't 'give up' as US aid funding cuts take toll
WHO says won't 'give up' as US aid funding cuts take toll
Published on Mar 04, 2025 05:59 PM IST
AFP |
USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
USA-TRUMP/USAID:USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
Published on Mar 03, 2025 07:45 AM IST
Reuters |
Elon Musk admits DOGE ‘accidentally’ cut Ebola prevention funding, gets slammed
Elon Musk admitted that DOGE “accidentally” canceled Ebola prevention funding during an outbreak in Uganda. The video of his admission quickly went viral.
Published on Feb 27, 2025 01:35 AM IST
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan
‘Shame for WHO’: Victim of sex misconduct slams UN response
On Monday, the AP reported on a confidential UN report that excused senior staffers for their mishandling of the case due to a “loophole” in how WHO defines victims of such behaviour.
Published on Feb 09, 2023 10:33 PM IST
PTI |
Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak after 42 days with no active cases
Uganda Ebola outbreak: Uganda briefly struggled to contain the outbreak but was able to swiftly bring under control the situation despite the absence of a proven vaccine against the viral strain.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 03:49 PM IST
Reuters |
Two Ebola vaccines show immune response lasting for at least a year, says study
People responded to the shots within two weeks of receiving them, and the highest rate of response was achieved by the Merck vaccine plus a booster, according to the study.
Published on Dec 15, 2022 11:10 AM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Delhi
Ebola outbreak in Uganda: Is everything under control?
The deadly Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Uganda. The capital, Kampala, is now also affected. But the fight against the disease is struggling with financial bottlenecks among aid organizations.
Published on Oct 27, 2022 06:32 PM IST
Uganda Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month, says WHO
Uganda's Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organisation official said on Thursday.
Published on Oct 20, 2022 07:05 PM IST
PTI | , Kampala
US sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak
Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng disclosed the U.S. shipments at a meeting of African region health officials last week in Kampala and said remdesivir, which has been widely used as a COVID-19 treatment, and an undisclosed monoclonal antibody had been given to healthcare workers.
Published on Oct 19, 2022 07:01 AM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Uganda Ebola outbreak in 5 points - 23 deaths linked so far: 'No cure but...'
The Uganda health ministry has confirmed 18 cases of the Ebola disease from the Mubende, Kyegegwa, and Kassanda districts.
Published on Sep 27, 2022 07:15 AM IST
Manjiri Chitre | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Ghana reports highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus: Symptoms, treatment
This outbreak marks only the second time that the disease has been detected in West Africa — after Guinea confirmed a single case detected in August, according to the WHO.
Published on Jul 18, 2022 05:19 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Second Ebola outbreak officially over in Guinea, announces WHO
In its first deadly wave in 2013-2016, the Ebola outbreak killed 11,300 people in West Africa's Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Published on Jun 19, 2021 05:34 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Arpan Rai, New Delhi
West Africa guards against Ebola as cases rise in Guinea
Guinea was at the epicenter of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, which infected more than 45,000 people in West Africa, killing more than 11,000. The latest outbreak couldn’t have come at a worst time as countries grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Feb 17, 2021 04:46 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Guinea suffers first Ebola deaths since 2016
Remy Lamah told AFP officials were "really concerned" about the deaths, the first since a 2013-2016 epidemic -- which began in Guinea -- left 11,300 dead across the region.
Published on Feb 14, 2021 03:31 AM IST
AFP |
WHO warns new Ebola outbreak in Congo faces funding gap
The $1.75 million raised so far will only last for a few more weeks, the WHO warned, adding that the response effort is particularly expensive because of how difficult it is to get health teams and supplies into the densely forested area.
Published on Jul 21, 2020 11:24 PM IST
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo | Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
Covid-19: Focus on reproductive health
Women’s health is a vital issue. In this, reproductive health has to take precedence. Health services are not reaching them in time in many urban and rural areas. At a time when basic health services are stretched, it is quite likely that women’s health needs, both in the public system and at home, are not a priority
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 06:05 AM IST
Can probiotics help us fight the coronavirus disease?
A review and meta-analysis of 20 clinical trials finds that probiotics lower inflammation. Another study suggests that probiotic consumption may be associated with lowering upper respiratory tract infections
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 11:18 AM IST
Neerja Hajela and NK Ganguly
New Ebola case in Congo days before outbreak’s expected end
It had been nearly 42 days without a case, and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the declaration had been planned for Monday.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 09:52 PM IST
Johannesburg | Associated Press
Ebola deaths in east DR Congo outbreak top 2,000
The outbreak, which was officially declared in August of last year, is the second deadliest on record, behind the 2013-16 epidemic in West Africa that killed more than 11,300 people.
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 01:17 PM IST
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo | Reuters
1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages in Burundi: UN
In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019 -- a figure roughly equal to half its entire population.
Published on Aug 06, 2019 02:33 PM IST
Nairobi | Agence France-Presse
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The outbreak of Ebola virus began in August 2018 and has infected more than 2,300 people and killed more than 1,500, according to a July 9 WHO report.
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 12:21 AM IST
Bloomberg | Myah Ward
Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands
Protests followed the decision as people demanded to vote with the rest of the country.
Updated on Dec 31, 2018 07:00 AM IST
Beni, Congo | Associated Press
Congo’s Ebola outbreak over, health ministry says
The outbreak, first detected in northwest Congo in April, was dealt with rapidly by the World Health Organization and Congolese authorities, including the deployment of an experimental vaccine given to over 3,300 people.
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 07:11 PM IST
Kinshasa | Reuters
Why India is finding it difficult to handle Nipah
India is one of the handful of countries in South Asia that have still not had Joint External Evaluation (JEE), a standardised external evaluation conducted by the World Health Organization to assess a countries’ core capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 08:05 AM IST
Sulzhan Bali
First experimental vaccines for Ebola given in Congo as WHO seeks to beat outbreak
The use of the experimental vaccine developed by Merck marks a “paradigm shift” in how to fight Ebola, the World Health Organization said.
Updated on May 21, 2018 11:49 PM IST
Reuters, London | HT Correspondent
Congo’s Ebola risk ‘very high’ as confirmed virus cases rise
The World Health Organization is holding an experts’ meeting to determine whether the epidemic warrants being declared a global health emergency.
Published on May 18, 2018 03:00 PM IST
Associated Press, Congo | Associated Press