AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPrint and Skills: Congolese printers, partners and students will mark International Print Day on October 21 with three events, celebrating the technology and craft behind print. Ebola Research: Congolese virologist Jean-Jacques Muyembe and epidemiologist Peter Piot received the 2026 Virchow Prize for decades of work on Ebola and epidemic preparedness. Trials of Oxford’s candidate vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain have entered Phase Ib in Uganda; no vaccine is yet specifically approved for that strain. Outbreak Update: Cases are declining in parts of Ituri and North Kivu, but new hotspots persist. As of October 6, authorities reported 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths. Mineral Mapping: The DRC has launched an airborne geological survey to expand knowledge of its largely unexplored subsurface and identify mineral potential, using high-resolution equipment across multiple provinces.
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