Wednesday, June 19, 2013
News | Health
| Kinshasa: DRC public health workshop to pave way for the future | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | In Kinshasa from 7-12 April 2008, the DRC Ministry of Health will review the annual DRC public health report of 2007, in conjunction with its international partners. During the five day workshop, the state of the DRC public health system will be addressed, challenges will be identified, recommendations will be made and the 2009 health budget will be planned. |
| Government announces end of Ebola outbreak | |
IRIN - November 20, 2007 | |
 | Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, which claimed the lives of 21 of the 26 people infected in the Kasai Occidental province, is now over. |
| Monitoring of Ebola "must continue" | |
IRIN - October 3, 2007 | |
 | Health specialists agree that surveillance and monitoring of an Ebola epidemic have to be maintained, despite falls in the numbers of people affected in the province of Kasai Occidental in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Ebola in DRC: Nearing control of the outbreak, but vigilance still required | |
MSF - October 1, 2007 | |
 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has seen a decrease in the number of admissions in its isolation unit in Kampungu, a village of 9,000 inhabitants which is the epicentre of the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
| Medics Struggle to Limit DRC Ebola Outbreak | |
VOA News - September 21, 2007 | |
| A suspected Ebola death has been reported in another province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that the virus may be spreading. But the World Health Organization says that with new mobile laboratories in the country and an effective awareness campaign taking place, isolating Ebola cases should now become easier. |
| Ebola virus outbreak in central DR Congo claims 160 lives | |
UN News - September 12, 2007 | |
| At least 160 people have died in an outbreak of the highly lethal haemorrhagic Ebola virus in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, announcing that it is rushing medical and supplies to the region to try to contain the disease. |
| Outbreak in Kasai Occidental confirmed as Ebola | |
IRIN - September 11, 2007 | |
 | Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have identified a fever outbreak that has claimed at least 167 lives in the southern province of Kasai Occidental as Ebola. |
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