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A health worker vaccinates a man against the Ebola virus in Beni

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UN agencies and partners establish Global Ebola vaccine stockpile

Stored in Switzerland, vaccines are ready to be shipped for emergency response.

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Four people in group photo.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged

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Victims of the Ebola virus disease have been buried at a cemetery in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Newly licensed vaccine, ‘milestone in the fight’ against Ebola in Africa, UN health agency

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An Ebola health care worker examines a one week old infant in an isolation tent at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 3 December 2018.

A volunteer disinfecting the hospital of Tahouay in Conakry, Guinea. Photo: Afreecom/Idrissa Soumaré

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Ebola: Fighting a deadly virus

Weak national healthcare systems and few medical staff struggle to cope

Sulaiman Momodu

By Sulaiman Momodu

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Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province

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Women harvesting rice in Carysburg, Liberia. Photo: Panos/Aubrey Wade

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Ebola disruption could spark new food crisis

Food prices skyrocket as farmers abandon farms

Franck Kuwonu

By Franck Kuwonu

Vendors struggle with plummeting sales and rising cost of transporting goods to the market in West Point in Monrovia, Liberia, after the Ebola outbreak and quarantine took effect in the country. Photo: UNDP/ Morgana Wingard

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Ebola threatens economic gains in affected countries

Foreign workers return home, citing contagion fears

Kingsley Ighobor

By Kingsley Ighobor

An Ebola survivor cares for her six-month-old son at a UNICEF-supported crèche in Beni, eastern DR Congo, December 2018. Photo: © UNICEF/UN0264160/Hubbard

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Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine, UN health agency announces

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