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A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2019.

Trump's WHO funding cut harms 'fragile' health systems, organization's Africa head says

Dr. Michel Yao is WHO's program manager for emergency response for Africa. He spoke to The World's host Marco Werman about what it's like to deal with a pandemic and an epidemic at a time when WHO is overstretched.

Trump's WHO funding cut harms 'fragile' health systems, organization's Africa head says
A woman wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as she walks along a busy shopping street in Dakar, Senegal, March 18, 2020.

African countries restrict travel in bid to slow spread of coronavirus

African countries restrict travel in bid to slow spread of coronavirus

Is the Russian bear awakening?

Is the Russian bear awakening?

Guinness discovers the working-class fashionistas of the Congo

Guinness discovers the working-class fashionistas of the Congo

Danger After Congo Explosion Not Over

Danger After Congo Explosion Not Over

Meet Way-C: The African-Designed Tablet

We are looking for two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the African-designed tablet went on sale.

Meet Way-C: The African-Designed Tablet

Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak's history

Dr. Jacques Pépin, who spent years battling disease in Africa, has published a new book that looks at the history of HIV/AIDS, tracing not only the current outbreak, but also looking at earlier outbreaks perhaps dating to the 1920s and 1930s.

Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak's history

Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names

From politics to revolutions and branding -- the history behind geographic name changes around the world.

Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names

'Studio 360: Art that Means War'

Susan Sontag and others talk about how artists help us to make sense of war -- from photography and books to poetry and film.

'Studio 360: Art that Means War'