Health

West Africa: EU Announces New Funding of €29 Million for Anti-Ebola Aid

The European Union is continuing to scale up its response to the Ebola epidemic as its Coordinator for the emergency, Commissioner Christos Stylianides together with Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissio

Publication Date: 
19/11/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Infectious Diseases, Africa, European Union (EU), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea
Health

A three-scale network model for the early growth dynamics of 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic

n mid-October 2014, the number of cases of the West Africa Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia exceeded 9,000 cases. The early growth dynamics of the epidemic has been qualitatively different for each of the three countries. However, it is important to understand these disparate dynamics as trends of a single epidemic spread over regions with similar geographic and cultural aspects, with likely common parameters for transmission rates and reproduction number R0.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2014
Maria A. Kiskowski
Plos Current Outbreaks
1-25
Tags:
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Africa, Epidemics, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Health

Vaccine trials to fight Ebola begin in US, UK & Mali

Even as deadly Ebola continues to spread its wings, pharmaceutical companies developing the vaccines are committed to ramp up production capacity for millions of doses to be available in 2015.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2014
Teena Thacker
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Drug Industry, WHO, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Health

WHO’s emergency panel on Ebola to meet again

The World Health Organisation's emergency committee on Ebola will meet on Wednesday to review the scope of the outbreak and whether additional measures are needed, a WHO spokeswoman said on Tuesday

Publication Date: 
22/10/2014
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), WHO, Health Effects, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Health
Health

China donates $6mln to assist Ebola-affected

China on Monday announced a new batch of $6-million donation to the United States World Food Program’s emergency operation to assist 1.3 billion people impacted by the Ebola virus outbreak in the t

Publication Date: 
21/10/2014
China Daily
Tags:
China, World Food Programme (WFP), Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Food Supply, Health Care, WHO
Health

West Africa: Ebola Hits West Africa Food Security

West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which has been disrupting agricultural and market activities, threatens to erode food security and negatively affect the livelihoods of millions of already vulnerable

Publication Date: 
21/10/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Africa, Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), FAO, Guinea, Liberia
Health

WHO likely to declare Nigeria Ebola-free today

EU to meet to scale up Ebola response

Publication Date: 
20/10/2014
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Nigeria, WHO, Health Effects, Guinea, Liberia, Health
Health

Much worse to come

ON MARCH 25th the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a rash of cases of Ebola in Guinea, the first such ever seen in west Africa.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2014
Economist (London)
Tags:
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Africa, WHO, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Natural Disasters

Dryness remains in Haiti, while flooding risks continue in South Sudan, Central America

Dryness remains in Haiti, while flooding risks continue in South Sudan, Central America - Global Weather Hazards Summary (October 17-23, 2014)

Publication Date: 
17/10/2014
FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Africa, Rainfall, Somalia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, South America, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Sudan
Health

Ebola Cases Nearing 9,000, Says WHO

The Ebola outbreak is worsening in the three West Africa countries where the disease is concentrated, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, reporting the total number of cases was nearing 9

Publication Date: 
16/10/2014
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
Health, Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Infectious Diseases, WHO, Epidemics, Africa, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Pages