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India’s Push for Universal Healthcare Depends on Women’s Safety

Junaid Nabi 16/08/2018

If women community workers do not feel safe, they...

Rapid Spread of Polio in the Congo Threatens Global Eradication Efforts

Rapid Spread of Polio in the Congo Threatens Global Eradication Efforts

The Wire Staff 04/07/2018

Despite months-long efforts of public health experts to contain...

Ebola outbreak in Congo. Credit: EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo

WHO Starts Ebola Vaccination Campaign in Congo

Kate Kelland 22/05/2018

The shot is designed for use in so-called ring...

The first batch of 4,000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat an outbreak is loaded into a fridge as it arrives at the airport in Kinshasa

Congo: ‘New Phase’ of Ebola, Virus Enters Urban City Mbandaka

Reuters 17/05/2018

Supplies sent to Congo by the World Health Organisation...

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

First Death in New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Congo

Patient Ligodi 11/05/2018

Eleven other people are confirmed to be infected, including...

Seventeen Deaths Reported in Congo as Ebola Outbreak Confirmed

Seventeen Deaths Reported in Congo as Ebola Outbreak Confirmed

Reuters 09/05/2018

The worst Ebola epidemic in history ended in West...

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Bottled Water Riddled With Microplastics, Study Finds

The Wire Staff 16/03/2018

The study said that one Bisleri sample from Chennai...