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The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak


The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak

In 2016, we launched a comprehensive program that provided health services for Ebola survivors and a screening program for men that included ...

Tolbert G. Nyenswah, DrPH on X: "The DRC needs an Ebola ...

The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to quell its outbreak - STAT https://t.co/CeUrniXmNk.

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's post - Facebook

'The #DRC needs an #Ebola survivor program to truly quell its #Outbreak' opinion piece by Tolbert Nyenswah Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over

The country has set up an Ebola Survivor Programme which currently has more than 1100 people from previous outbreaks in North Kivu Province. The ...

An Ebola Therapy Two Decades in the Making

The breakthrough was sandwiched between an Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 and 2015 and another in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It

He decided that all of the blood samples collected during this Ebola epidemic will stay in Congo. Anyone who wants to study this outbreak will ...

Rumors and False Information Surround Ebola Outbreak in DRC

Ebola's viral load spikes when someone dies, meaning burials need to be carefully conducted. Since the outbreak began, dozens of volunteer teams ...

Current and Future Research Opportunities - The Ebola Epidemic in ...

Since the publication of their initial findings, Gire and colleagues (2014) have generated an additional 150 genomic sequences of Ebola virus isolates from ...

1,000 Ebola survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

We cannot win the battle against this outbreak without the full support of the Congolese people. We have seen how the acceptance of the people ...

An Ebola Outbreak Rages in Democratic Republic of Congo

Health workers fighting to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the second deadliest in history — are finding themselves under ...

Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest outbreak in the country since 1976 when the Ebola virus ...

Lessons for COVID-19 Recovery From the Ebola Epidemic ...

It is important to take a closer look at how we're addressing the mental consequences of the novel coronavirus pandemic, here and around the world.

Congo's Ebola survivors unite to combat stigma and misinformation

Many of the Ebola survivors have struggled to return to their former lives as they deal with the fear of relapse, long-term health issues, and ...

Gender Analysis: Prevention and Response to Ebola Virus Disease ...

The DRC has already experienced ten outbreaks – it will almost certainly happen again. ... People in eastern DRC need information on Ebola in a.

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

In a press release, WHO congratulated the health authorities in DRC, and the health workers “on the ground for their swift response which built ...

Ebola: Basics About the Disease - Every CRS Report

n March 2014, global health officials recognized an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in. Guinea, West Africa. In retrospect, officials determined that ...

In Congo, a New Plan to Fight Ebola Follows a Government Power ...

It envisions reframing the epidemic as a regional humanitarian crisis, not simply a health emergency. That may include more troops or police to ...

Written Statement of Administrator Mark Green before the House ...

Outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ... quell the violence and address people's needs. ... need more money—it needs more technical ...

Army Public Health Weekly Update, 12 February 2021 - Defense ...

... their program to better serve the needs of our military Families. ... The woman was the wife of an Ebola survivor. ... The DRC's 10th Ebola outbreak which lasted ...

BU Experts on New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the ...

Bhadelia: First, they were in rural areas. It's easier to quarantine an entire rural area, and DRC's road systems aren't as good as West ...