...With local populations of doctors and health care professionals cut down by disease and fear, and with those that remain overwhelmed, it is essential that their ranks be filled with international volunteers who can treat the ill and help prevent Ebola’s spread. But finding qualified doctors and nurses willing to face the risks, as well as repercussions back home, is “a challenge,” says Eric Talbert, the USA executive director for Emergency, an international medical organization that is setting up a 100-bed Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. “There is a significant fear factor. They are putting their lives on the line for people they have not met. It’s a courageous ask.”...
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday disclosed establishing a modern laboratory centre in a bid to scale up the nation wide efforts to prevent entry of the deadly Ebola virus.
The modern laboratory which is known as Bio safety level 3 and 4 will start operating on Monday for screening and tasting purpose with the help of Ethiopian professionals who received training abroad.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partner organizations meeting in Brazzaville have agreed on a range of core actions to support countries unaffected by Ebola in strengthening their preparedness in the event of an outbreak.Building on...
The manufacturer of the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp said it is trying to squeeze more production out of the tobacco plants used to create the medication and develop other ways of making the drug in an effort to boost supply.
Concerns about the Ebola virus were heightened Sunday when a health care worker in Texas had a positive preliminary test for the disease. The worker's case marks the first known transmission of Ebola in the United States and the second diagnosis in the country.
With developments pouring in from all corners of the world, here's what you need to know to quickly get caught up...
Police in Ganta, Nimba County are investigating circumstances leading to a truckload of relief food destined for Ebola patients in Ganta taken to Saclepea for sale.
As the Ebola crisis evolves, WFP scales up its operations in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, delivering food to more than 1 million people but also providing the global Ebola response with an unprecedented logistics support.
The bottom line is that in the more pessimistic “High Ebola” scenario, the impact on West Africa will total about $33 billion over 2014 and 2015, which means that the epidemic will destroy about a third of the economic growth in the region. But the epidemic is moving faster than we economists can work. The latest information suggests that even the World Bank’s “High Ebola” scenario may be optimistic.
The virus’s spread in West Africa is “unquestionably the most severe acute public health emergency in modern times,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, the body’s director general.
When the experts describe the Ebola disaster, they do so with numbers. The statistics include not just the obvious ones, such as caseloads, deaths and the rate of infection, but also the ones that describe the speed of the global response.
Global health officials are looking closely at the “reproduction number,” which estimates how many people, on average, will catch the virus from each person stricken with Ebola. The epidemic will begin to decline when that number falls below one. A recent analysis estimated the number at 1.5 to 2.
Ebola is threatening much of the world’s chocolate supply. Ivory Coast , the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&Ms, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats...
Six U.S. military planes arrived Thursday at the epicenter of the Ebola crisis, carrying more aid and American Marines into Liberia, the country hardest hit by the deadly disease that has devastated West Africa and stirred anxiety across a fearful world.
The countries hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- are dealing with human suffering on an unimaginable level. We have heard the stories of quarantines, medical supply shortages and dealing with the removal of the deceased.
But what about the basics? How are people in affected areas that have been isolated from the world getting necessities such as food?
The United Nations World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger in the world today, and it is dealing with that very issue. The objective is to "prevent a health crisis from becoming a food crisis,"according to the agency...
...The organization also says labor shortages will impact the cropping season, despite favorable rain conditions this year...
As the U.N.'s logistics experts, "we do more than food. We have started an air bridge with planes and helicopters to fly aid workers to help the people who are really desperate," [Bettina] Luescher said...
Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says Bernadette Paolo, writing for AllAfrica. Arguing against the scaremongering generalizations often seen especially in Western media, she advocates being specific about the countries affected and reporting positive developments where they occur.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called on people to stop shaking hands as the country works to contain the Ebola-like Marburg virus, which has killed one person.
Bloomberg’s Charles Penty discusses the first case of the Ebola virus diagnosed in Europe and the protocols in place to make sure the virus is contained in Spain. He speaks on “The Pulse.”
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