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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

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There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

14 Sep 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

Army Medicine via

DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Rev. Winston Binabiba shows the digital recorder that Radio Gaakii received from the MFWA. Image: Media Foundation for West Africa

New centre supports access to information about Ebola

8 Jan 2015

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

4 Dec 2014

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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

11 Apr 2019

There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

14 Sep 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

Army Medicine via

DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Rev. Winston Binabiba shows the digital recorder that Radio Gaakii received from the MFWA. Image: Media Foundation for West Africa

New centre supports access to information about Ebola

8 Jan 2015

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

Africa United features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa

4 Dec 2014

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says that incorrect information from some Asian governments had prompted the cancellation of planned trips because visitors feared they might risk contracting Ebola Virus Disease. These reports are completely wrong. Image: GCIS

Asia's Ebola fears cause tour cancellations

20 Aug 2014

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says it is "mischievious" to suggest that Ebola has arrived in South Africa without proper medical evidence to back up the claim. Image: GCIS

False alarm of Ebola virus in SA

15 Aug 2014