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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum & Roger Kamba

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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum serves as a crucial scientific advisor to Health Minister Roger Kamba during the DRC's Ebola outbreaks. As Director-General of the INRB, Muyembe provides the medical expertise that guides Kamba's public health policies and emergency responses.

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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.
Roger Kamba: Roger Kamba>>>, the Congolese health minister, has been actively involved in the response, announcing the opening of treatment centers and acknowledging the challenges in containing the outbreak.
May 18, 2026 · 505 articles
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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.
Roger Kamba: Roger Kamba, the Congolese Health Minister, confirmed the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain in the Ebola outbreak and highlighted its high lethality rate and the lack of a specific vaccine or treatment for this variant.
May 15, 2026 · 446 articles
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum is experimenting with treatments for Ebola, offering hope for the current outbreak.
Roger Kamba: Health minister; acknowledges payment problems for health workers.
Mar 09, 2018 · 314 articles
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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.
Roger Kamba: Congo's Health Minister Roger Kamba has discussed exploring more drugs and compounds to save lives from the Bundibugyo virus, acknowledging its initial presentation similar to other infectious diseases.
May 21, 2026 · 627 articles
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Virologist who helped discover Ebola, criticizing the response as 'slow and ineffective'. His critique is influential.
Roger Kamba: Health Minister, stating the peak has not been reached. His statements guide public expectations.
Mar 09, 2018 · 543 articles
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, director of the Congolese National Institute for Biomedical Research, confirmed a positive Ebola case in Goma.
May 17, 2026 · 326 articles
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