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'Death every day': Fear and fortitude in Uganda's Ebola epicentre
Health 3 years ago

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'Death every day': Fear and fortitude in Uganda's Ebola epicentre

The reappearance of the virus after three years has sparked fear in Uganda as the highly contagious disease makes its way through the country of 47 million people.
Strengthening WHO to deal with future pandemics
Academia 4 years ago

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Strengthening WHO to deal with future pandemics

The WHO is not an emergency response organization that has the capacity to send doctors, nurses, equipment and tons of supplies in a short time to hotspots of disease outbreaks all over the world.
Ivory Coast records first case of Ebola in three decades
World 4 years ago

Ivory Coast records first case of Ebola in three decades

Officials at the Institut Pasteur had confirmed the case after testing samples taken from an 18-year-old Guinean woman, Health Minister Pierre N'Gou Demba said on RTI state television.
First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO
Health 4 years ago

First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO

The virus, which is carried by bats and has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent, was found in samples taken from a patient who died on August 2 in southern Gueckedou prefecture, the WHO said.
WHO has alerted six African countries after Ebola outbreaks
World 5 years ago

WHO has alerted six African countries after Ebola outbreaks

Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday in the first resurgence of the disease there since the 2013-2016 outbreak, while the Democratic Republic of Congo reported a resurgence of the virus on Feb. 7.
Ebola vaccination campaign begins in Democratic Republic of Congo
World 5 years ago

Ebola vaccination campaign begins in Democratic Republic of Congo

Health workers at Matanda health centre, where the first Ebola patient was treated, were the first to be vaccinated, the WHO said.
Ebola: profile of a prolific killer
World 5 years ago

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

Ebola was first identified in central Africa in 1976. The tropical virus was named after a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- then known as Zaire. 
Guinea reports first Ebola cases since 2016, including three deaths
World 5 years ago

Guinea reports first Ebola cases since 2016, including three deaths

The patients fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending a burial in Goueke sub-prefecture. The five still alive have been isolated in treatment centres, the agency ANSS said on Sunday.
Ebola vaccine stockpile set up to fight future outbreaks
World 5 years ago

Ebola vaccine stockpile set up to fight future outbreaks

Low- and lower middle-income countries will be able to access the stockpile free of charge, Gavi said, and will also get support for the operational costs of rolling out an immunization program.
Biden taps longtime aide Ron Klain, who led Ebola fight, as chief of staff
World 5 years ago

Biden taps longtime aide Ron Klain, who led Ebola fight, as chief of staff

Klain is one of Biden's closest confidants and first worked for the Democrat in 1989 when he was a US senator. He was in charge of the Barack Obama administration's response to the Ebola health crisis in 2014, when Biden was vice president.
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