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Ebola outbreak spreads to new city in conflict-hit Congo
Home to nearly one million people, Bunia is the latest Congolese city to report an Ebola infection
DRC Ebola outbreak on ‘epidemiological knife edge’ — WHO
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a clear "potential to expand", WHO warned on Wednesday
A doctor reflects on his time spent fighting Ebola
Médecins Sans Frontières obstetrician and gynaecologist Benjamin Black describes his harrowing, rewarding work in the Ebola trenches in Sierra Leone.
Call for independent inquiry into Afghan hospital attack
The confusion around the US airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital underlines the "crucial need for an independent investigation".
Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course – UN envoy
Africa’s Ebola epidemic has not run its course and around 30 people are still getting infected each week, says the UN special envoy for the disease.
Sierra Leone to order anti-Ebola shutdown
Sierra Leone’s government says it will impose a three-day nationwide lockdown from September 19 in a bid to control the spread of Ebola.
‘Almost zero’ response to Ebola from Western leaders
Médecins Sans Frontières chief claims the response to the catastrophe is "almost zero", with nations most concerned with self-protection.
Countering TB resistance was futile – but no longer
New drugs are working on XDR-TB – but must be strictly controlled to prevent further resistance.
Patients before patents, demand health activists
The intellectual property policy, which will allow access to cheaper drugs, has yet to be finalised while patients are dying, say health activists.
Thousands flood makeshift camp in CAR
More than 100 000 people displaced by religious violence in Central African Republic are in urgent need of basic supplies at the Bangui airport camp.
Eastern Cape drug depot in extremis
A report released by health activists details mismanagement and shortages in Mthatha.
South Africa outperforms global markets
Belinda Anderson Investec research has shown that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) all share index has outperformed most major global indices when measured over two years…