Ebola disease is not the only health emergency in DRC
🔴 The indirect consequences of the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be just as devastating for communities as the outbreak itself.
Over a month into outbreak..
...t significant yet overlooked threats to health and a major risk factor for many noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
In this Leadership Dialogue, Christie Oliver and Seema Bali discuss ...
🔴 الإيبولا ليس الأزمة الصحية الوحيدة
بعد شهر من تفشي الإيبولا في جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية، لا تزال أعداد الإصابات والوفيات في ارتفاع. لكن الوباء لا يفاقم أزمة صحية واحدة فحسب، بل يزيد من معاناة المجتمعات التي تواجه أصلًا سوء التغذي...
World Dengue Day is observed each year on 15 June to raise awareness of dengue, a neglected tropical disease and one of the fastest-spreading infectious conditions worldwide. Approximately 5.6 bill...
Chronic respiratory diseases currently affect almost 500 million people globally and could cost the world economy an estimated $4.3 trillion by 2050 — unless we act now. How do we transform politic...
Ebola outbreak: why this one is harder to fight
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus — a rare type of Ebola for which there is currently no approved vaccine or treatme...
Cólera | Uma doença totalmente evitável mas que continua a matar
A vacina para a cólera custa cerca de 1,29€ por dose. E, mesmo assim, a escassez global desta vacina obrigou à redução de duas doses para apenas uma, enfranquecendo a proteção e impondo uma escolha...
“This is on track to be one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history. It’s already the third largest and growing quickly,” says CFR global health expert Stephanie Psaki.
Psaki, who worked to trac...
Ebola is "a disease that you get when you care for someone, for your husband or your partner or your child or your mother,” reports @who representative Anaïs Legand in Geneva.
The Bundibugyo #EbolaOutbreak can be contained despite lack of vaccines | @aljazeeraenglish|
Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya speaks to Al Jazeera on the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, the urgent continental response underway, and why Africa must act decisively to stop furthe...
Stroke kills more people than most diseases you hear about daily. It's the world's second leading cause of death and most cases are preventable. Time is of essence, if you see symptoms of a stroke,...
LIVE: Closing of 79th World Health Assembly with Dr Tedros. #WHA79
Chronic respiratory diseases are placing growing pressure on health systems worldwide, with nearly 500 million people living with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease globally. Despite r...
Speaking to reporters, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that the deadly Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the situati...
As infectious disease threats continue to accelerate — from dengue outbreaks and drug resistance to growing pressure on health systems — sustained investment in innovation is becoming increasingly ...
