Addis Ababa, July 11 (IANS) Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director-General Jean Kaseya and World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are set to visit the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) next week, as part of a joint mission aimed at accelerating outbreak response.This came after a meeting between heads of the two organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, where discussions focu…
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Addis Ababa, June 29 (IANS) The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Ugandan government have officially launched the Joint Continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST) to support continental health emergency capabilities amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak.The Africa CDC, in a statement issued late Saturday, said the newly launched IMST establishes a unified operational platform to strengthen Africa’s capacity to prepare …
Juba, June 26 (IANS) South Sudan on Friday urged foreign governments to lift Ebola-related travel and visa restrictions imposed on its citizens, saying the measures are affecting those who need to travel abroad for medical treatment and education.”There is no Ebola here. No one is dying here. But people are now dying because they are unable to travel abroad for medical treatment,” Francis Oromo, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, told a joint press conference with the World Health Organis…
Addis Ababa, June 25 (IANS) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday that the continental Ebola outbreak response and preparedness plan requires 1.4 billion US dollars, as the number of confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda climbed to 1,138, with 293 deaths.”1.4 billion dollars is needed for the combined humanitarian and health aspects of the response,” Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya said during an online pres…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) India is set to play a key role in the global response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, with the Serum Institute of India (SII) fast-tracking the development and production of a vaccine candidate targeting the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, according to a report.A report by Modern Diplomacy showed that the initiative is being undertaken in collaboration with the University of Oxford and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), with su…
Port Louis, June 6 (IANS) The Mauritian government has imposed a temporary entry ban on foreign nationals who have travelled to, transited through, or stayed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, or South Sudan over the past 21 days following the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus.Mauritian citizens and foreign residents holding valid work, residence, occupation, business, or student permits will still be allowed to enter the country, but will be subject to a mandatory 21-day qu…
Kampala, June 2 (IANS) A special C17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) arrived in Uganda on Tuesday with further medical assistance from New Delhi amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the continent. “An Indian Air Force special C17 Globemaster Aircraft delivered today the 2nd tranche of India’s medical assistance at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda,” the High Commission of India in Kampala wrote on X.India dispatched the second tranche of medical assistance to the Afric…
Kampala, June 2 (IANS) Uganda has confirmed six new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the ongoing outbreak to 15, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.According to the ministry’s latest Ebola update, the six new cases were identified among contacts of previously confirmed patients.The ministry said 12 Ebola patients are currently admitted to treatment facilities, while two patients have been discharged after recovery, Xinhua news agency reported.The East Afri…
Dar es Salaam, June 1 (IANS) The East African Community (EAC) will convene an extraordinary virtual meeting of health ministers from June 1 to 2 to coordinate a regional response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting parts of East Africa, the regional bloc has said in a statement. The meeting will focus on strategies to contain the outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, for which there is currently no licensed vaccine or specific treatment, according to the statement…
Kampala, May 23 (IANS) Uganda on Saturday confirmed three more new Ebola cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to five.The country’s Ministry of Health updated that a Ugandan driver who transported the first confirmed case, a Ugandan health worker who got exposed while taking care of the first confirmed case, and a Congolese woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who entered Uganda with symptoms are the new confirmed cases.The ministry noted that all three patie…