Officials with the World Health Organization confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the weekend. So far, there are at least 19 suspected cases and three deaths since the first infection in late April.
Casual readers who pay attention to politics across sub-Saharan Africa may be forgiven for assuming many government leaders tend to give up power very reluctantly, often only after some kind of violent conflict. That’s why what happened in The Gambia recently (and they do insist you capitalize The, by the way) is so historical and promising.
Climate change is bad news for the planet, including the mosquitoes living in West Africa. Reduced rainfall will make it…
Bad local health systems and an extremely slow international response contributed to the rapid spread of Ebola in West Africa…
The fight against the West African Ebola outbreak continues. Three new cases were confirmed in Liberia on Friday, just days…
In the face of the rapid spread of Ebola in three West African countries, the U.N.’s World Health Organization mismanaged…
Reports that a person in Sierra Leone has died from Ebola come just days after the discharge of what was…
Among the insights, many of them disturbing, that the world learned from the massive Ebola outbreak in West Africa is…
Conflict and drought are working in tandem to leave more than 23 million people food insecure in West Africa. Yet…
For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we’re talking with Vicky Hausman, partner and leader of the Global Health practice at the development consulting…