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My late uncle, and the ethics of clinical trials in Africa

Africa Lydia Namubiru - 18 Apr 2020

Despite the long history of medical racism, any potential Covid-19 vaccines must be tested in Africa — but not only on the continent

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Gold miners face dangerous life in Nigeria’s ‘bandit’ country

Africa Emmanuel Akinwotu - 27 Jan 2020

The mineral-rich earth of Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, has provided generations of families with the means to make ends meet

Vaccines alone won’t beat Ebola

Africa Simon Allison - 5 Apr 2019

It doesn’t matter how effective the medicine is if affected communities don’t trust the people who administer it

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Ebola outbreak spreads to new city in conflict-hit Congo

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 21 Mar 2019

Home to nearly one million people, Bunia is the latest Congolese city to report an Ebola infection

The battle to bring antivenoms to Africa

Africa Staff Reporter - 19 Mar 2019

A shortage of snake antivenom in Africa is a "shameful failure"

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MSF: Ebola response in DR Congo ‘failing’ to contain outbreak

Africa Staff Reporter - 7 Mar 2019

The ongoing Ebola outbreak is the 10th in the country's history and the second largest ever recorded worldwide.

WHO braces for six more months of Ebola in DRC

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 14 Nov 2018

Over 200 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola vaccine put to the test in DRC

Africa Sarah Smit - 25 May 2018

The latest outbreak is in a city and next to the Congo River, factors that increase the risk of it spreading rapidly

DRC Ebola outbreak on ‘epidemiological knife edge’ — WHO

Africa Nina Larson - 24 May 2018

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a clear "potential to expand", WHO warned on Wednesday

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Manning up to the epidemic

Article Kiri Rupiah - 15 Dec 2017

The latest national HIV survey found about 72% of women 15 years and older said they had tested for HIV. Only six out of 10 men could say the same.

Global north can’t keep driving the health agenda, says Doctors Without Borders

Africa Simon Allison - 19 Jul 2017

Joanne Liu, Doctors Without Borders' international president, says input to the MSF agenda must be balanced to meet the needs of parts of the world.

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‘This is not an adventure, it’s real life’ — from refugee to fieldworker

Article Advertorial - 25 Oct 2016

First-time fieldworker Talia Zongia grew up through war and conflict in the DRC. Now she's with MSF in hurricane-devastated Haiti

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MSF assists in Mediterranean Sea rescues involving 3 000 people in a single day

Article Advertorial - 12 Sep 2016

'This unbelievable number speaks to the desperation people are facing'

A huge mobilisation in DRC aims to vaccinate millions against yellow fever

Article Advertorial - 30 Aug 2016

The world’s largest yellow fever vaccination effort has come to the urban sprawl that is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa

High levels of rape on Rustenburg’s mining belt demand access to medical care

Article Advertorial - 22 Aug 2016

Many women are not aware that HIV can be prevented after rape

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