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The African Development Bank Group has approved a total of $13 million in emergency funding to bolster efforts in containing a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in central and eastern Africa. This financial initiative aims to strengthen national emergency responses

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 507 confirmed Ebola cases and 88 confirmed deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The total in the latest daily Ebola update exceeds an earlier figure of 471 confirmed cases.

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an end to the mpox outbreak that had remained under national emergency management for about two years, with Health Minister Roger Kamba saying the epidemic no longer met the threshold for