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Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Goma, DRC, 21 October 2019 - The Democratic Republic of the…
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Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

“These hands are our most important tools of work but can also be a…
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Dr Mwesha

From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert

As Didier Mwesha passed his one-year anniversary on the front lines…
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Kasereka Miyisa Jophet is an Ebola survivor from Butembo. Credit: UNEERO/Martine Perret

1000 Ebola survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY THE EERC, WHO, WFP, UNICEF and SAVE…
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

430 days and 1000 victories in the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Statement from Dr Matshidiso Moeti Today, amid our unrelenting work…
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Claude MABOWA, a successful baccalaureate candidate and Ebola survivor

Surviving Ebola and passing final school exams while in treatment isolation: Now bring on the future

Days before the most important exams of his life – the exams that…
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Dear parents and neighbours – A young mother tells her story of Ebola denial and then gratitude for treatment

Dear parents and neighbours – A young mother tells her story of Ebola denial and then gratitude for treatment

When 33-year-old Kanyere Vwatire first left a health facility, it was…
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Photo: WHO/Kisimir Jonh Shim

A doctor takes you to the tough and joy-filled days in the Ebola battle in Goma

Since December 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other…
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Benediction, suffering from Cholera, & his mother (GOMA), Photo: WHO/Savage S.

​Ebola, cholera and measles: Triple threats to the poorest communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kasika is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Goma, the largest…
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Five women with their babies in Beni after surviving Ebola while pregnant

Mothers survive Ebola while pregnant against the odds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

“I put my feet on the ground and wiggled my toes. It felt strange to…
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