Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreakContinue Reading
The military governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, has likened the struggle to contain the spread of the virus to a “war” for which they are lacking resources to fight. “People in affected areas are not receiving enough food,” JohnnyContinue Reading
Three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies, the organisation has said. They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus, beforeContinue Reading
An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and friends of a young man thought to have died from the virus were prevented from taking his body away for burial. “They startedContinue Reading
At least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told the BBC. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak an international emergency.Continue Reading
Bauchi State Government in collaboration with WaterAid Nigeria and funding from, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF), has flagged off open defection free campaign and ending cholera advocacy in the State. The flaging off ceremony was held at the Palace of the Emirs of Misau and Jama’are as well as thatContinue Reading
NNPC Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd., has commissioned and handed over a fully installed 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State. The intervention, which is in furtherance of NNPC Ltd’s commitment to improving healthcareContinue Reading
Africa’s top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Around 246 cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara, said the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Its statement onContinue Reading
The Board of the Society for Family Health has approved major leadership appointments following the inauguration of its new quasi-group operating model designed to strengthen healthcare delivery, innovation and sustainable institutional growth across Africa. The board disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, saying the appointments would accelerate execution acrossContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has faulted the appointment process for the new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH), Uburu, Ebonyi. The union expressed their displeasure in a letter addressed to the leadership of theContinue Reading