Mékambo
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Mékambo is a small village in on the banks of the Zadié river. It is located in the Ogooué-Ivindo
province of Gabon
. It has received international press for recent outbreaks of Ebola
hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.
Ogooué-Ivindo
The Ogooué-Ivindo province is the northeastern-most of the nine provinces of Gabon. The regional capital is Makokou, which is home to one-third of the provincial population. It gets its name from two rivers, the Ogooué and the Ivindo...
province of Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
. It has received international press for recent outbreaks of Ebola
Ebola
Ebola virus disease is the name for the human disease which may be caused by any of the four known ebolaviruses. These four viruses are: Bundibugyo virus , Ebola virus , Sudan virus , and Taï Forest virus...
hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.