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Rwanda

Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ ( listen); Kinyarwanda: U Rwanda [u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.

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Priest, 46, dies after bringing Ebola to the Congolese city of Goma: Officials warn the transport hub is a 'gateway to the world' and the virus spreading there could be a 'game-changer'

This is Money 17 Jul 2019

The DRC's health ministry claims the man took a bus the 200km (124 mile) journey from Butembo to Goma last week ... Goma, which borders Rwanda, is a major transport hub ... Around 3,000 health workers in Goma have been vaccinated ... Diane Gashumba, health minister of Rwanda, urged residents to 'think twice before crossing to where there is a disease'....

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AP Explains: Why Ebola is now an international emergency

Seattle PI 17 Jul 2019

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in northeastern Congo is now an international health emergency ... Wednesday's declaration was sparked by the outbreak's spread to a city of more than two million people , Goma, on the border with Rwanda ... Health care workers are often at risk....

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WHO declares Ebola in Congo to be emergency of 'international concern'

Democratic Underground 17 Jul 2019

NAIROBI The World Health Organization took the rare step of classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo a public health emergency of international concern just days after the first case of the virus was confirmed in the major city of Goma on the border with Rwanda....

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The WHO finally declared a public health emergency over Ebola

Vox 17 Jul 2019

A woman gets her temperature measured at an Ebola screening station as she enters the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Rwanda on July 16, 2019 ... That’s the message from an emergency meeting at the World Health Organization in Geneva on Wednesday ... Goma is a major transportation hub, with roads and highways that lead to Rwanda....

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1st Ebola death confirmed in DRC’s Goma

The Japan News 17 Jul 2019

The case — the first in a major urban hub in the region’s nearly year-old epidemic of the disease — has sparked deep concern in neighboring Rwanda and at the United Nations. The World Health Organization will convene its emergency response board ......

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First Ebola patient in DRC's Goma city dies

Independent online (SA) 17 Jul 2019

He was followed by a home-based nurse until he left for Goma on July 12, according to the Health Minister Oly Ilunga who made public the Ebola case on Sunday. Upon his arrival in Goma on Sunday morning, the pastor went to a health centre to continue his treatment ... The city of Goma is bordering Rwanda....

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Greensprings Best IGCSE Students Share Success Stories

This Day 17 Jul 2019

Lucas Nelson, who won the award in English Language, joined Greensprings School in year three and is currently studying in African Leadership University, Rwanda ... Nelson, who was the Health Prefect, attributed his success to the constant encouragement from all his teachers, especially his mother, who is also a teacher in the school....

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Ebola patient in DR Congo city of Goma has died: Governor

RTE 16 Jul 2019

The case, the first in a major urban hub in the region's nearly year-old epidemic of the disease, has sparked deep concern in neighbouring Rwanda and at the UN ... While there, he preached at seven churches and regularly touched worshippers, including the sick, before taking the bus back to Goma last Friday, the health ministry said....

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U.N.: Ebola arrival in east DRC poses severe risks

The Japan News 16 Jul 2019

Reuters GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo/GENEVA (Reuters) — Ebola’s arrival in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma severely raises the risk of the virus spreading if it takes root in this metropolis near the border with Rwanda, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday....

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Featured - MKU Rwanda Medical Students to Benefit From New Multi-Million Lab

All Africa 16 Jul 2019

Students at Mount Kenya University Rwanda in the health department have received new lab equipment that will help them during their learning, research and collaborative practices .......

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Ebola Alert - Rwanda Reassures Public, Urges Vigilance After First Goma Case

All Africa 16 Jul 2019

THE Ministry of Health has moved to reassure the general public there is no case of Ebola outbreak in Rwanda, but urged vigilance to help prevent the virus from spreading to the country .......

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1st LD Writethru: First Ebola patient in DRC's Goma city dies

China.dot.org 16 Jul 2019

He was followed by a home-based nurse until he left for Goma on July 12, according to the Health Minister Oly Ilunga who made an announcement on Sunday. Upon his arrival in Goma in the morning of Sunday, the pastor went to a health center to continue his treatment ... The city of Goma is bordering Rwanda....

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Congo tracing contacts of first Ebola case in eastern city

The Himalayan 16 Jul 2019

During his trip to Goma, the 46-year-old preacher managed to pass through three health checkpoints aimed at stopping those who are sick with Ebola and contagious. Now health authorities along his route are trying to hunt down all those he may have been in contact with after the man became Goma’s first confirmed Ebola case on Sunday....