Kenya had spent months preparing for Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest viral diseases, screening hundreds of thousands of travelers and training nearly 5,000 health workers in case it crossed the borders. Then Ebola arrived.
Preliminary laboratory results from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus have come back negative ...Kenya had reported its first-ever Ebola case on Tuesday after a citizen who became sick in the DRC died in Nairobi.
Jamaica has intensified its preparedness and monitoring activities in response to international developments concerning Ebola, while maintaining high immunisation coverage against measles, says Chief...
dollars to to support its Ebola response and drought relief ... dollars to boost Ebola virus disease preparedness infrastructure in counties identified as very high-risk and high-risk.
Addressing an online press briefing on Thursday evening, Wessam Mankoula, an AfricaCDC official, lauded Kenya's preparedness and ongoing response efforts, as the country became the latest country to record a BundibugyoEbola case.
Kenya has stepped up contact tracing and surveillance after confirming its first imported Ebola case on Tuesday, with 57 contacts identified and 10 placed under quarantine as the country seeks to prevent further transmission.
China has provided Kenya with a $2 million grant to strengthen Ebola preparedness and support drought response efforts in parts of the country most vulnerable to the two threats.
Kenya's first Ebola case, a patient who travelled for weeks by road and air through three countries without being detected until he arrived in Nairobi, has raised questions about border control and how to trace the virus across countries ... .