Ring vaccination could stop Ebola in Kenya, if hesitancy & resistance don’t get in the way
Kenya’s past vaccination drives, from polio to Covid-19, were repeatedly slowed down…
Why Ebola survivors must wait six months before having intimate relations
Ebola can survive more than half a year in a clinically healthy…
No margin for error: Why Happy Shower is not a joke at Ebola simulation centre
Inside the Nairobi simulation centre, the drills are running, chlorine is ready,…
No visa needed: When people move, Ebola moves with them too
Unlike diseases that remain geographically contained, Ebola travels with people. A trader crossing a border,…
Ebola: Jinsi ugonjwa hatari wa virusi unavyosambaa na namna ya kujikinga
Virusi vya Ebola vinapoingia mwilini huanzisha mchakato mgumu unaoweza kusababisha madhara makubwa…
Disease outbreaks are not the problem; systems that fail to detect them are
From diagnostic gaps to community mistrust, the panel of global health leaders…
The Pandemic’s True Toll: Covid-19 caused 22.1 million deaths, three times what was reported
A new WHO report lays bare the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic’s hidden mortality and…
Ebola resembles malaria… that’s what makes it dangerous
Early symptoms of the Bundibugyo virus are indistinguishable from common infections -…
Beyond the PPE: Inside the world of an Ebola treatment centre
Through years of confronting Ebola across multiple outbreaks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has honed…
How disease outbreaks begin: An animal host, a human jump, weak detection
Rodents carry it. Dust spreads it. Clinics miss it. And with no…
