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DRC’s latest Ebola epidemic, which began in August 2018, has killed 2144 people, making it the second deadliest outbreak of the virus, after the West Africa pandemic of 2014-2016. (Reuters)
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Sex for vaccines: Violence may mar the rollout of new experimental Ebola jab

Women in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo are allegedly being asked for sexual favours in exchange for Ebola treatment.

The World Health Organisation must recommit  to the democratic principles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Reuters)

DRC Ebola response hampered by conflict

The number of suspected Ebola cases in eastern DRC has risen to 73 as ongoing conflicts in the region stymie containment efforts

Congo has 3 000 doses of the vaccine in stock and health workers there have been busy setting up a so-called cold chain to keep them well below freezing. (Reuters)

Congo to start Ebola vaccinations amid new outbreak

Health officials say they will begin administering an experimental vaccine following an Ebola outbreak last week

DRC Minister of Health Oly Ilunga Kalenga announces the use of a vaccine tested earlier in West Africa. (Junior D Kannah/AFP)

DRC beats Ebola outbreak

Lessons learnt in the 2013-2015 epidemic in West Africa helped limit the highly contagious disease

Midnight deadline for Gauteng school applications

World Health Organisation worried as Ebola emerges in urban area

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is optimistic the health organisation — along with its partners — will be able to beat the virus

Ebola: Trials could get to West Africa in January

The WHO says two experimental vaccines could lead to trials being done in West Africa in January, while another flu drug is being tested as well.

Questions over ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

In an effort to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak, scientists and authorities are aiming to roll out vaccines, raising questions of ethics.

Drug trials go to heart of Ebola

As healthcare systems collapse from the strain, the race is on to find a treatment that works.

‘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.