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Healthcare

Gilead to donate remdesivir for emergency use against Marburg disease in Rwanda

Mariam Sunny 4 Oct 2024

Public Health

Rwanda to start vaccine trials for Marburg disease in a few weeks

Philbert Girinema 4 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Marburg viral outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends, says WHO

8 Jun 2023

Infectious Diseases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

Public Health

Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Public Health

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Public Health

Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

Public Health

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Healthcare

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

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Healthcare

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Infectious Diseases

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

Healthcare

Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Infectious Diseases

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

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Infectious Diseases

Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

10 Aug 2021

The links between people, animals and the environment call for a new approach to health. Shutterstock

Education & Training

Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world

Phaedra Henley 24 Feb 2020

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EPA-EFE/STR

Infectious Diseases

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

New research could help predict seizures

Medical Research

New research could help predict seizures

10 Jun 2019

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

Infectious Diseases

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

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

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

Medical Research

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

Infectious Diseases

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Vergelegen celebrates research this Earth Day

Sustainable Farming

Vergelegen celebrates research this Earth Day

21 Apr 2017

Rare vulnerable plants found at Vergelegen

Environment & Natural Resources

Rare vulnerable plants found at Vergelegen

19 Aug 2016

Jacobs Capital buys leading workwear manufacturer

Manufacturing

Jacobs Capital buys leading workwear manufacturer

13 Aug 2015

Lecture on superbugs by leading experts

Exhibitions & Events

Lecture on superbugs by leading experts

10 Jun 2014

Community project enables underprivileged schools to focus on education

Education & Skills Development

Community project enables underprivileged schools to focus on education

2 Jun 2014

SABC plants trees for 2010

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SABC plants trees for 2010

18 Mar 2009

Infectious Diseases

DRC: Nine die, dozens infected by suspected haemorrhagic fever

29 Dec 2008

Infectious Diseases

Human vaccine for Ebola in the pipeline

1 Apr 2008

Noncommunicable diseases

Suspected haemorrhagic fever claims 100 in Kasai, DRC

31 Aug 2007

Infectious Diseases

Fruit bats the culprit in spreading Marburg virus

23 Aug 2007

Infectious Diseases

‘No more Marburg cases' says Uganda's health minister

10 Aug 2007

Infectious Diseases

Marburg contracted from skinned monkey, says Ugandan official

6 Aug 2007

Ugandan national task force formed to tackle Marburg fever alert

Infectious Diseases

Ugandan national task force formed to tackle Marburg fever alert

2 Aug 2007