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ArticleJournal of public health in Africa2026

Ebola disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in Africa: A defining moment for Africa's health security and sovereignty.

Yap Boum, Nebiyu Dereje, Kyeng Mercy, Mosoka Fallah, Merawi Aragaw, Landry Tsague, Raji Tajudeen, Shanelle Hall, Ngashi Ngongo, Jean Kaseya

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Article in Journal of public health in Africa, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yap BoumAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6823-8539
Nebiyu DerejeAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5406-4171
Kyeng MercyAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-7006
Mosoka FallahAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8740-4072
Merawi AragawAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7571-8795
Landry TsagueAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6209-8282
Raji TajudeenAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-5088
Shanelle HallAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0601
Ngashi NgongoAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-937X
Jean KaseyaAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9326-1842

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID42427906
PMCPMC13347960

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