Ebola

China mobilizes to combat coronavirus

Since a new strain of pneumonia-causing virus hit China in late December, there has been a massive response by the…

January 28, 2020

Election in the Congo: Rearranging who controls what

In his speech accepting the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege said, “I am part of one of…

January 7, 2019

Why Cuba is withdrawing its medical brigade from Brazil

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health has issued a statement explaining the circumstances under which it is withdrawing the Cuban…

November 19, 2018

Cuba no continuará participando en el Programa Más Médicos en Brasil

El Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba emitió un comunicado en el que explica las circunstancias bajo las cuales retira…

November 19, 2018

Ebola cases reappear in Liberia, Guinea

Regional and international health officials emphasize that the Ebola virus disease crisis is not over, as three new cases have…

December 2, 2015

Trial of Ebola vaccine seen as promising

A recent trial of a vaccine to prevent the Ebola virus disease has taken place in the West African state…

August 5, 2015

Ebola Virus Disease not yet defeated in West Africa

Even though the three states where the Ebola Virus Disease struck last year have been declared free of the epidemic,…

July 26, 2015

Despite reported decline, struggle against Ebola continues

African leaders, health care professionals, international humanitarian organizations and others have praised the work battling the latest and most deadly…

March 7, 2015

The IMF and debt worsen the Ebola epidemic

By Jérôme Duval Member of the Citizen’s Debt Audit Platform Publico, Feb. 1 Although the International Monetary Fund claims it…

February 6, 2015

Despite decline in Ebola cases, global attention needed

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan reports that the number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases are rapidly declining.…

January 26, 2015