AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoSleeping Sickness Breakthrough: DNDi says it has been working with the DRC since 2010 on Acoziborole, a single-dose treatment for human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) with reported success rates up to 96%, aiming to reach neglected communities that struggle to access care. Ebola Response Strain: In Ituri, burial teams handling Ebola deaths say they are reaching their limits as workloads rise and communities grow hostile, with workers describing exhaustion and the loss of traditional burial rites. Ebola Spread Tracking: WHO-backed teams are using anonymized mobile-phone movement data for the first time in an Ebola response to predict where cases could surface next, as the outbreak keeps expanding across provinces. Ebola Management and Accountability: Bloomberg reports Congo is trying to remove “fictitious” workers from Ebola payrolls using biometric registration and centralized payments, after checkpoints stopped reporting and some staff lists didn’t match reality—delays that can disrupt screening, treatment, and infection control. Outbreak Status Debate: Africa CDC says it’s too early to declare the DRC Ebola outbreak under control, even as case counts show signs of stabilization. Regional Tech-Diplomacy: Israel and the DRC continue security and economic talks after Netanyahu hosted Tshisekedi, with mining access and technology cooperation on the agenda.
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