Ghana’s Parliament Hosts Anti-vaxxer as Part of ‘Family Values’ Conference 12/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Ghana’s parliament invited a vociferously anti-vaccine Kenyan and a conservative Dutch activist campaigning to curtail the World Health Organization (WHO) to address visiting MPs on “health sovereignty” last week. Ghanaian President John Mahama – who is championing African “health sovereignty” via an initiative called the Accra Reset – was a keynote speaker at the WHO’s […] Continue reading -> Contact Tracing is the Biggest Weakness in Ebola Outbreak 11/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Only around 12% of the contacts of Ebola patients in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been reached, posing a “huge risk” for community transmission, Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told a media briefing on Thursday. Ituri is the epicentre of the current […] Continue reading -> Plunging HIV Budgets Cast Dark Shadow Over UN High-Level Meeting 10/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Precipitous aid cuts are casting a huge shadow over the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV on 22-23 June, with new research indicating that some countries could face almost total cuts in aid from the United States by 2030. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned last week that the world is far from achieving […] Continue reading -> Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Contact Tracing is the Biggest Weakness in Ebola Outbreak 11/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Only around 12% of the contacts of Ebola patients in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been reached, posing a “huge risk” for community transmission, Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told a media briefing on Thursday. Ituri is the epicentre of the current […] Continue reading -> Plunging HIV Budgets Cast Dark Shadow Over UN High-Level Meeting 10/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Precipitous aid cuts are casting a huge shadow over the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV on 22-23 June, with new research indicating that some countries could face almost total cuts in aid from the United States by 2030. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned last week that the world is far from achieving […] Continue reading -> Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Plunging HIV Budgets Cast Dark Shadow Over UN High-Level Meeting 10/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Precipitous aid cuts are casting a huge shadow over the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV on 22-23 June, with new research indicating that some countries could face almost total cuts in aid from the United States by 2030. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned last week that the world is far from achieving […] Continue reading -> Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Can We Win the Malaria Arms Race? 08/06/2026 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – Malaria has adapted and evolved for at least 30 million years. The oldest identified samples of the parasite were found in mosquitoes preserved in amber, from a family of insects ancient enough to have shared the planet with the dinosaurs. How many millions of people it has killed across the roughly 300,000 years […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts