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Bipartisan Pair of U.S. Senators Urge State Department to Release Critical Ebola Aid for African Women and Children
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have issued a joint appeal to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pressing the administration to immediately release frozen global health funds and release stockpiled medical supplies intended for women and infants affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa.
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Uganda Declares End to Ebola Outbreak Following Discharge of Final Patient
KAMPALA — Ugandan health authorities have officially declared the country free of Ebola following the discharge of its final patient in mid-June and the successful completion of the mandatory 42-day surveillance monitoring period.
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African Union Pushes for Greater Domestic Spending on Health Amid Reports of Massive Disruptions to HIV and TB Services
ACCRA, Ghana — Facing steep cuts in international aid and severe rollbacks to life-saving disease programs, African leaders and public health experts assembled at the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on Health this week to issue a unified demand: African nations must urgently ramp up domestic health investments to safeguard their populations.
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Health Crisis: Outbreak Concerns Escalate in Eastern DRC
GOMA — Human rights and medical agencies are on high alert in the Democratic Republic of Congo as an accelerating Ebola outbreak spreads through North Kivu
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BORDER CLOSURE: UAE Suspends New Visas and Bars Entry for Travelers from Uganda, DRC, and South Sudan Due to Ebola Outbreak
The United Arab Emirates has enacted an immediate, high-security border intervention, officially barring entry to all passengers originating from or transiting through <strong>Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan
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HEALTH ALERT: Confirmed Ebola Cases Nearly Double in Days as WHO Chief Rushes to DRC Epicentre
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo a global health emergency. Confirmed cases have nearly doubled in just 48 hours, jumping from 121 to 225, forcing WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to make an emergency visit to the epicenter in Bunia.
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REGIONAL ALERT: Ebola Surges Past 100 Cases in DRC as Virus Crosses Into Uganda
KAMPALA / KINSHASA — A rapid escalation of the Ebola virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a high-level regional health crisis, with cases officially crossing borders into neighboring Uganda
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Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases as Africa CDC warns 10 countries ‘at risk’
Health authorities in Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new cases of Ebola linked to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, adding that all three people were still alive. The Africa CDC warned that 10 nations across the region were at risk of being affected by the deadly virus.
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Uganda hosts regional Ebola meeting as cross-border risks rise
KAMPALA — In a bid to halt the rapid spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak, health ministers and global medical experts gathered in Uganda this week for an emergency cross-border summit. The two-day meeting, which concluded on May 23, was called by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to address the rising threat of the rare Bundibugyo Ebola strain.