9-7 | An emergency team from MSF continues to battle an outbreak of Ebola in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in which 14 people have died.Two people are admitted to the hospital in Isiro, in DRC’s Orientale province, which is the epicentre of the outbreak. The fact that there have been new confirmed cases of Ebola over the past week suggests that the epidemic is far from over.“The last confirmed case was admitted to the treatment centre on 2 September,” says MSF emergency coordinator Olimpia DE LA ROSA.
8-28 | South Sudan: a humanitarian crisisUganda: Escaping conflict in KivuDemocratic Republic of Congo: Malaria outbreakBurkina Faso: malnutrition decreaseZimbabwe: HIV : from Washington to Harare
8-24 | An emergency team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Isiro, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF’s team is implementing safety measures at the Ebola treatment centre in Isiro to contain the virus.
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An outbreak of malaria has struck several regions of Orientale Province in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. In early June, MSF sent an emergency team into the Ganga-Dingila health region, home to approximately 118,000 people living in isolated, hard-to-reach communities lacking access to medical care.
7-18 | Thousands at risk of violence and malaria(18 July 2012) Heavy fighting over the last few days in Walikale, a town in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its medical activities despite the area being in the midst of a malaria outbreak.