Infectious diseases are linked to social and economic factors. Not only are the poorest countries at greatest risk, but the historically underserved communities within them also suffer the most. According to data from the World Health Organization, the majority of Ebola infections in the DRC are in women, a discrepancy linked to their role as caretakers.

Chidoka argued that providing water points and toilets in schools was insufficient without clear arrangements for their maintenance, warning that facilities could become unusable when authorities failed to provide the resources and oversight needed to sustain them.

Health officials probe if Nigeria's first Ebola patient contracted the virus while in transit at Uganda's Entebbe Airport.

NAFDAC uncovers a secluded facility in Agbado, Lagos, allegedly stockpiling empty bottles and beverages for suspected alcohol counterfeiters.

The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, has criticised what he described as inadequate international investment in vaccines for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, warning that the outbreak requires urgent, coordinated action by African countries and their global partners.