UNGA president celebrates news of possible Ebola treatment, prevention
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Maria Espinosa, “is delighted” by news that Ebola may soon be a preventable and treatable disease.
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Ebola: NCAA advises airlines to exercise high level of vigilance
NCAA’s General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the directive in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday.
Rwanda closes border with DRC over deadly Ebola outbreak
Congo’s Presidency on Thursday said Rwandan authorities had closed the border between Goma and its nearest town of Gisenyi for all people other than Congolese citizens leaving Rwanda.
Botswana on high alert for Ebola
Botswana’s health ministry on Friday said the country was on high alert for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WHO declares Congo’s Ebola outbreak public health emergency
WHO chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, who announced the declaration in Geneva, called on countries to “take notice and redouble our efforts”
Ebola: Death toll in DRC rises to 1,540 — WHO
In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been infected since the outbreak in the country’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces nearly 11 months ago
Ebola: FG directs ports officials to heighten surveillance
Federal Government has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to heighten surveillance toward ensuring that all passengers coming into the ...
Ebola: FAAN reassures Nigerians of adequate measures to prevent outbreak
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Thursday reassured Nigerians that adequate measures had been put in place at the nation’s airports to prevent Ebola outbreak in the country.
Number of Ebola cases in Congo exceeds 1,000
The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of the virus continues to wreak havoc in the central African ...
Iwu lauds Jonathan, Fashola for funding Ebola research
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, on Thursday in Abuja lauded the role played by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan while he was in office as president ...
Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola
The ministry said health workers have already administered therapeutic treatments to more than 150 Ebola patients since August in an effort to contain the worst of Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...
Ebola outbreak in DRC conflict zone ‘remains dangerous, unpredictable’ – UN
The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, and UN Peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, sated this after a joint mission to the epicentre of the epidemic, around the city of Beni ...
DRC records new cases of deadly Ebola virus – WHO, UNICEF
The World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund confirmed on Friday, saying they have stepped up community-based efforts to tackle the Ebola disease in the eastern DRC
Ebola outbreak spreads in DRC – WHO, UNHCR
The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees warned that rebel violence in eastern DRC was escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk
Response to DRC Ebola outbreak going well – WHO
As of Thursday, the case count had reached more than 100, with 103 confirmed cases including 63 deaths, according to Dr. Peter Salama, deputy director general of emergency preparedness and ...
103 Ebola cases reported in DRC – UN
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said no fewer than 103 cases of Ebola have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Congo battles to contain ebola outbreak in conflict zone – Official
The outbreak of the deadly virus began shortly after the country’s government in June declared an end to another outbreak – in the west of the country – and lauded ...
Ebola: Adewole pays unscheduled visit to Abuja Airport
A statement by Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the Ministry, said the minister made the unscheduled visit on Monday.
WHO: Ebola in DRC may spread nationally, internationally
Speaking in Geneva at the World Health Assembly, Dr. Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General, who heads Emergency Preparedness and Response, said there were several reasons why the current outbreak – ...
Nigeria affirms commitment to UHC as World Health Assembly begins in Geneva
Addressing the Assembly, the Director General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said strengthening the health systems everywhere was important to prevention of future outbreaks of Ebola and other diseases.
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