Medical staff prepare to enter a hospital isolation unit in western Uganda during a suspected Ebola outbreak in 2018.
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The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
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African researchers are on the front line of the fight to find a vaccine that will protect people against Ebola.
An Ebola treatment centre in North Kivu where the outbreak’s epicentre is.
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Borders are porous between North Kivu province of the DRC and neighbouring countries, so the potential for spread is highly likely.