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    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation director-general, speaking on Ebola at the UN’s Geneva headquarters. EPA/Martial Trezzinni
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      27 Sep 2019

    Training is necessary to equip health workers to deal with climate change risks. EPA
    Ghana's health system isn't quite ready for climate change realities

      20 Sep 2019

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    Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year - and it's not Ebola

      19 Sep 2019

    The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem. CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY
    A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

      18 Sep 2019

    Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM
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      11 Sep 2019

    A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE
    How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

      22 Aug 2019

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    Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020

      19 Aug 2019

    High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock
    Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

      19 Aug 2019

    DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE
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      12 Aug 2019

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    The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

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    ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

      6 Aug 2019

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    The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

      31 Jul 2019

    Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa
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      29 Jul 2019

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    Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn't a silver bullet

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    Photo: World Economic Forum
    20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

    16 Jul 2019

    A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE
    How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

      10 Jul 2019

    Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock
    Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

      8 Jul 2019

    A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPA
    Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC

      5 Jul 2019

    Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU
    Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

      21 Jun 2019

    Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA
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    How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

     22 Aug 2019

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    Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020

     19 Aug 2019

    High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock
    Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

     19 Aug 2019

    DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE
    Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

     12 Aug 2019

    A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA-EFE/STR
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     6 Aug 2019

    Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock
    The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

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    Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn't a silver bullet

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    Photo: World Economic Forum
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    A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE
    How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

     10 Jul 2019

    Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock
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