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Ebola – Analyses
The emergency in the DRC shows that despite all these positive changes, the global response to containing Ebola outbreaks is undermined by the lack of health care and public health infrastructure.
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During almost all outbreaks, women provide the majority of care to the ill voluntarily in their homes at great risk and cost to themselves.
The current outbreak refuses to give in to efforts by an international team of health care workers, armed with vaccines and treatment that did not even exist during previous episodes.
Nearly everything known about Ebola virus persistence in the reproductive system has resulted from testing semen of West African Ebola virus disease survivors.
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African researchers are on the front line of the fight to find a vaccine that will protect people against Ebola.
Two deadly viruses are ravaging the DRC. Why are we only hearing about one of them?
There’s a big market for new treatments for TB, malaria and other ailments. But most of these diseases afflict low-income people unable to pay for medicine.
Local communities are wary of the sudden arrival of outsiders and of their interest in regions where there’s been violence for years
Epidemics can have massive social ramifications where prohibitions are imposed on travel, socio-cultural events and schooling.
Timing is everything when it comes to making a decision about declaring a disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
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The Ebola vaccine alone is not enough to deal with the outbreak in the DRC.
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The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is incredibly difficult to manage.
The DRC president’s direct involvement can rally people who have previously doubted the reality of the outbreak.
Do African decision-makers and leaders approach crises differently from counterparts elsewhere in the world?
Uganda is the testing ground for a new vaccine that could work on more strains of the Ebola virus and other haemorrhagic fevers.
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What happens when you have Ebola?
When a certain percentage of a population has been vaccinated, it prevents an infectious disease from spreading. But that threshold depends on the disease.
Applied Epidemiological Modelling has enormous potential to improve how decisions are made about public health in African countries.
A review of research on both the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, found less than 1% of published research discussed gender issues.
Ebola has now now spread to Goma – a city of 2m people.
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What does this mean for the outbreak response?
The threat posed by measles is on the rise again in a number of countries in the world. One of them is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sharing data openly across regions and organisations can help to accelerate preparedness and responses to public health emergencies.
A proper understanding of community dynamics and local beliefs can inform medical interventions that are capable of establishing positive and productive relations with local communities.