United Nations & Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

United Nations: The United Nations>>> has mobilized emergency support and released funds to accelerate the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo>>> and the region, providing logistical assistance and aid.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, director of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), detailed the botched testing and shipping of samples that delayed the identification of the correct Ebola strain.

United Nations: Released $60 million for response; coordinating humanitarian aid and peacekeeping support.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum is experimenting with treatments for Ebola, offering hope for the current outbreak.

United Nations: The United Nations released $60 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum>>>, medical director of the India — National Geophysical Research Institute>>>, confirmed an American doctor was among the confirmed cases in Bunia.

United Nations: The United Nations humanitarian office reported that almost a million people have been displaced from their homes by conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo — Ituri Province, contributing to the challenges of the Ebola response.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, a Congolese virologist, highlighted that the Bundibugyo strain complicates the response as existing treatments and vaccines are for the Zaire strain.

United Nations: Highlighting the shadow crisis of rising maternal deaths as pregnant women avoid hospitals. Its data underscores the indirect health impacts of the outbreak.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Virologist who helped discover Ebola, criticizing the response as 'slow and ineffective'. His critique is influential.