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in Big StoryUS Troops To End Ebola Mission by April
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow US troops will be ending its Ebola relief mission in West Africa, with the last American troops scheduled to leave Liberia by April 30. President Barrack Obama said all but 100 of the US troops currently stationed in Liberia to fight the spread […] More
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in Big StoryMali Now Ebola Free – Health Minister
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ousmane Kone, Mali’s health minister says the country is now free of the Ebola virus disease, after 42 days without a new case of the disease. “I declare this day the end of the epidemic of the Ebola virus in Mali,” he said. […] More
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in Big StoryEbola Drug Trial Begins in Liberia
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A clinical drug trial to treat Ebola has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres centre in Liberia. The antiviral, brincidofovir is being tested on Ebola patients on a voluntary basis. Oxford University scientists leading the research say initial results are expected in the […] More
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in Big StoryEbola outbreak will end in 2015 – UN
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Anthony Banbury, the outgoing head of the UN team fighting Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa has said that the deadly Ebola outbreak will end in 2015. He said the number of Ebola cases would be brought down to zero by the close […] More
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Ebola: First case confirmed in Scotland
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Scottish authorities have revealed that a health care worker who just returned from Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated in a Glasgow hospital. Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister called it the first case of Ebola ever diagnosed inside […] More
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in NewsEbola: Willoughby, Sierra Leone’s Foremost Doctor Dies
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Victor Willoughby, Sierra Leone’s foremost Ebola physician has been confirmed dead after contracting the deadly infectious disease. Brima Kargbo, Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer said Willoughby died earlier today just a few days after he tested positive for Ebola. The death of Willoughby […] More
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Ebola-hit nations at risk of hunger – UN
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme, WFP,on Wednesday, said the Ebola Virus Disease and the resulting restrictions has“caused a significant shock to the food and agriculture sectors in the affected countries.” The UN food agencies also revealed that […] More
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Respect Lagosians, Please
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The two highlights of dying 2014 were Ebola and Boko Haram, none of which was pleasant to Nigerians. Whereas the good structure of Lagos health services fought Ebola, Boko Haram has been invincible because there is no comprehensible strategy for its containment. It […] More
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HIV Test As Season’s Gift
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Kehinde Bademosi, founder of the Orange Academy, has inspired this piece. The brand expert disclosed that he has been living with the ‘damn’ HIV virus for 15 years. His story appeared in a post on Facebook to mark World AIDS Day on December […] More
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Ebola: French President to visit Guinea
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Francois Hollande, French President is to arrive Conakry, Guinea on Friday. He will be the first Western leader to visit a nation hard hit by the deadly Ebola virus disease. Hollande will deliver “a message of solidarity” to Guinea, where more than 1, […] More
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EBOLA: UN Running Behind Schedule
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The rising number of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone have brought the United Nations Ebola Emergency Response Mission to declare that it would not be able to meet the initial December 1 deadline for curtailing the deadly virus. This was confirmed by Anthony […] More
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Ebola: Sierra Leone Surgeon Dies in US
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Martin Salia, the surgeon from Sierra Leone who had been admitted in the US hospital for Ebola is dead. “We are extremely sorry to announce that the third patient we’ve cared for with the Ebola virus, Dr. Martin Salia, has passed away as […] More
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