Ebola

ADF STAFF Africa’s public health leaders believe tools such as testing and viral gene sequencing will help track the spread of COVID-19 and blunt the impact of future waves. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa regional office…

ADF STAFF Patrick Gono has eye-popping talent with a paintbrush, and he is using the skill for an important cause. In October, Gono, a self-taught Liberian artist, completed four vivid murals in West Point township in Monrovia as a…

ADF STAFF Six of every seven COVID-19 cases in Africa go undetected, according to a report by the Africa regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO). The low detection rate — 14.2% — has complicated the continent’s ability…

ADF STAFF The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin remains popular as a treatment for COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence supporting its use. A new analysis by an international team of researchers suggests the faith in ivermectin has been…

ADF STAFF African countries are using lessons learned from deadly Ebola outbreaks to thwart the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus has infected nearly 4.8 million people worldwide and killed more than 316,000. But only 78,194 of…