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This research was commissioned by the EVD Preparedness Consortium comprising Save the Children, Concern Worldwide and Internews in South Sudan. It provides information on community perceptions about the Ebola outbreak and preparedness activities in Yei

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L’épidémie du virus Ebola en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) reste une urgence de santé publique de portée internationale a estimé mercredi l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).
United Nations News Centre
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Targeted financing has been released to combat hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in countries torn by fragility,conflict and violence.
World Bank, the
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Due to the informal cross-border movements of people from Congo, Tanzania is fearing new Ebola cases so the government is strengthening preparedness efforts.
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
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Amidst DRC’s Ebola outbreak, efforts to curb disinformation and conspiracy theories on social media has been unsuccessful and pose a serious threat to global health.
Council on Foreign Relations, The
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La présente stratégie vise à prendre en charge la situation actuelle et optimiser la mise en œuvre de la gestion des risques de catastrophes au la République du Congo. La stratégie constitue le principal instrument de mise en œuvre de la vision et des

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Two promising new drugs that fight the Ebola virus with antibodies, called REGN-EB3 and mAb114, have shown to significantly decrease mortality among patients.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The Congo Basin, seen here by satellite, covers 4 million square kilometers from central Africa’s western coast through the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Dry season in the Congo rain forest is becoming increasingly long, which threatens the forest's biodiversity and its role as a drought-resistant carbon sink.
Eos - AGU

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