Medical research
Young researcher on the trail of herbal snakebite antidote
A PhD student at the University of Copenhagen has drawn on nature's own pharmacy to help improve the treatment of snakebites in Africa.
Sep 17, 2012
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News tagged with democratic republic of congo
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola in the DRC: Expert sets out critical lessons learned in Liberia
Ebola in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) has now spread to urban areas. The Conversation Africa's Moina Spooner spoke to Mosoka Fallah who was head of case detection during Liberia's ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015 about ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
DR Congo measles outbreak kills 6,000 in a year: WHO
Measles has killed more than 6,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the world's worst outbreak and nearly triple the toll in the country's Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Jan 7, 2020
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Health
Niger is worst place to be mother: study
The African nation of Niger has ousted Afghanistan as the worst place in the world to be a mother, largely due to hunger, according to an annual report out Tuesday by Save the Children.
May 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
DR Congo starts countdown to end of Ebola outbreak in east
The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the east of the country, health authorities said Tuesday.
Mar 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles killed more than 140,000 amid stagnating vaccine rates
More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US authorities said Thursday, the result of global vaccination rates that have stagnated for almost a decade.
Dec 5, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saving lives by making malaria drugs more affordable
Forty percent of all malaria-caused deaths in sub-Saharan Africa occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The private sector "supply chain" manages 74% of the drug ...
Apr 6, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged in eastern North Kivu province six weeks ago, the World Health Organization said.
Sep 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health worker mistrust worsening DR Congo Ebola outbreak: study
Hearsay and mistrust in health workers may have thwarted attempts to contain Ebola during the current outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers said Wednesday.
Mar 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO turns to public for monkeypox name change
The World Health Organization, which is looking to rename monkeypox, called Tuesday for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatising designation for the fast-spreading disease.
Aug 16, 2022
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