At least 5 dead in Guinea Ebola flare-up: health officials
Ebola has likely killed five people in Guinea after re-emerging in the country's south, health authorities said Tuesday, as Liberia announced it was closing their shared border to guard against the spread of the virus.
British Ebola patient flown home from Sierra Leone
A female British healthcare worker who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was being flown home for treatment on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.
No new Ebola cases in Liberia for more than two weeks – WHO
No new case of the deadly Ebola virus has been registered in Liberia since February 19, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, also hailing positive signs in Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Using public health education to fight Ebola: Roehampton online student example
The outbreak of Ebola in parts of West Africa saw health officials, hospitals and other industry stakeholders reassessing their levels of preparedness for dealing with public health emergencies. Widespread shortages of doctors, nurses and volunteers possessing requisite knowledge and skills for containing the epidemic was recorded in affected areas, resulting in the spread of the deadly disease from Guinea to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria and outside the shores of Africa.
Ebola: Airtel unveils 7979 shortcode
Following its recent partnership with the African Union (AU) Commission to support the fight against Ebola in West Africa, telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the 7979 SMS short-code, to help raise funds and drive awareness for the initiative.
Global Ebola conference seeks end to W.Africa outbreak
Leaders of Ebola-hit countries in west Africa will attend an international conference in Brussels Tuesday to mobilise a final push to end the outbreak and ensure the delivery of nearly $5 billion in aid pledges.
Sierra Leone: National Security boss fired ebola serum samples
Mustapha Dumbuya, the Head of Sierra Leone National Security, has been sacked after security agents seized 250kg of controversial Ebola blood samples, bound for South Africa, at Lungi International Airport.
Japanese firm behind Ebola drug says tests offer ‘hope’
The Japanese company behind an experimental Ebola treatment says it offers new hope for thousands of people infected with the deadly virus in west Africa, but acknowledged it is “not a miracle drug”.
N. Korea to lift Ebola ban on foreign tourists
North Korea is set to lift a four-month ban on foreign tourism imposed over concerns of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, a Beijing-based tour group said Monday.
Sierra Leone vice president in Ebola quarantine
Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman said Saturday, as the country reintroduced travel restrictions as the number of new cases rises again.
Liberia leader hails Obama’s ‘extraordinary’ Ebola efforts
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday praised President Barack Obama’s “extraordinary” leadership in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
