Ebola
26 Mar 2021
Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Saturday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Saturday.
25 Mar 2021
Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Friday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Friday.
3 Mar 2021
Our guest is Paulin Basinga, Director of Health, Africa for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He says the "resilience" of people and health programmes in place across Africa mean both Ebola and the coronavirus can and will be tackled. Basinga spoke to us as Guinea is dealing with a new outbreak of Ebola which has caused at least six deaths and as many other African countries are still dealing with Covid-19. He says the experience of tackling a variety of health issues means the continent has an advantage in knowing how to treat and contain such problems.
1 Mar 2021
Health authorities in the DR Congo are trying to stop the spread of the latest Ebola outbreak. Vaccinations have already begun. But what's the situation on the ground? DW correspondent Mariel Mueller reports.
20 Feb 2021
The World Health Organization's Africa chief speaks on patient zero for the separate, unlinked outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
16 Feb 2021
Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.
14 Feb 2021
A minister of the troubled east region of DR Congo announces a "resurgence" of Ebola, saying a woman has died of the disease just three months after authorities declared the end of the country's latest outbreak.
19 Nov 2020
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Minister, Eteni Longondo, announces the country has declared the end of the country's latest Ebola epidemic after the outbreak killed 55 people over the past five months.
4 Oct 2020
The dual-antibody treatment worked best on patients who did not mount an immune system response to the virus. The company had previously created a successful treatment for Ebola.
25 Jun 2020
Here is why you should pick up a copy of The Guardian on Friday/ Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on the newsstands on Friday.
20 Apr 2020
Here is why you should pick a copy of The Guardian on Tuesday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on the newsstands on Tuesday.
19 Mar 2020
Governments across Africa are scrambling to increase their capacity to deal with an expected surge in cases of COVID-19. Several countries are putting the focus on ramping up detection and prevention measures. We take a closer look at Liberia: The West African country had to deal with a devastating Ebola outbreak that ended just four years ago. Have lessons been learned and is its health infrastructure ready for another potential crisis? Finally, we report on the situation in Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe.