In addition to the health concerns from the Ebola outbreak, the UN is sounding the alarm on a potential development crisis in Africa sparked by the disease. The intergovernmental body warns that it could cost billions of dollars of the continent’s GDP, and that roughly 328,000 jobs stand to be lost if the disease spreads to countries like Rwanda and Angola. The economic spillovers of the…

(RNS) — As conflict and a deadly Ebola outbreak compound suffering in eastern Congo, pastors and church leaders are adapting worship, pastoral care and funeral traditions while helping communities navigate fear and misinformation.

A Lot Has Happened Since April

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak have reached 220. He warned that delayed detection allowed the epidemic to spread rapidly beyond health responders’ control. The outbreak has raised urgent concerns across central Africa, particularly in neighbouring countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo.…

India's Union Health Ministry has ordered states and Union territories to enhance disease surveillance and preparedness for international travellers following the WHO's declaration of Ebola as a public health emergency. Measures include strengthened screening, isolation facilities, and rapid response protocols.

Britain will send more than £20million to Africa to contain the Ebola outbreak, the Foreign Secretary has confirmed.

The outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is believed to have killed more than 130 people.

And now, British taxpayers will provide funds to contain the virus with support for frontline health workers, improved infection control and disease…

WHO experts believe the first death was followed by a super-spreader event either at a funeral or a healthcare facility

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak in central Africa — declared a “continental” emergency — as the number of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) jumped to 131.

The toll from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, health minister Samuel Roger…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern”, posing risks to neighbouring countries.

The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency, but that countries sharing land borders with the DRC are at high…