Ebola
Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins
Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and Prosper Heri in Goma
26, Sep, 2024 @10:07 AM
Global failure to prepare for pandemics ‘gambling with children’s future’
Lessons from Ebola and Covid were not learned, say Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as they launch report calling for urgent action
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
18, Jun, 2024 @2:07 PM
We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28
Continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next pandemic, says public health body
Isabel Choat in Lusaka
02, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM
Fake social media posts on Burning Man festival stir conspiracy theory frenzy
Rumors and fake posts about an Ebola outbreak posted on TikTok and Twitter led to a rapid spread of misinformation
Abené Clayton
06, Sep, 2023 @1:40 AM
Pneumonia vaccine delays kill thousands needlessly in Africa
Access to PCV jabs in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and Chad ‘could save 40,000 children a year’
Sarah Johnson in Madrid
02, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
‘We’re in a golden age for microbes’: the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs
Forget ‘great men’ – infection and disease are the really important forces in the development of humankind, believes public health specialist Jonathan Kennedy
Rachel Cooke
02, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-west
Caroline Kimeu
22, Mar, 2023 @4:08 PM
‘There may still be surprises’: Jeremy Farrar warns of pandemic perils ahead
As the former Sage adviser leaves Wellcome to join WHO, he talks about exhausted health workers, the UK’s sluggish response to Covid and the danger of conspiracy theories
Sarah Boseley
20, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
‘A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak
Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi
11, Jan, 2023 @1:29 PM
Misinformation hampers Uganda’s battle against new outbreak of Ebola
Despite 53 deaths, people are still in denial of the danger as doctors race to develop an effective vaccine against Sudan strain of disease
Caroline Ariba in Mubende and Kassanda
09, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM
Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn’t have a vaccine | Devi Sridhar
Covid has led to pandemic fatigue, but for both humanitarian and self-interested reasons, global governments must help, says global public health expert Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar
10, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM
Health workers among dead in Ugandan Ebola outbreak
MSF calls situation ‘very serious’ as east African country grapples with outbreak of Sudan strain of virus, for which no vaccine exists
Harriet Nankya in Kampala and Kaamil Ahmed
07, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
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