Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Center for Disease Control, warns the Ebola epidemic "is likely to get worse."
Ebola Outbreak 2014
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The United Nations World Food programme (WFP) is stepping up assistance to people impacted by Ebola in the three most-affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- and increasing logistical support to the whole humanitarian community fighting the spread of the virus. WFP has launched a regional emergency operation to reach 1.3 million people in health centres and quarantine areas. WFP provides food and logistical assistance alongside national governments, the World Health Organization (WHO) and others partners to support the treatment of Ebola patients and mitigate the risk of the virus moving into new areas. "We are multiplying our efforts to bring food assistance to all people in need and to provide logistical support to sister agencies and non-governmental organizations working to contain the virus and meet the basic needs of affected people," said Denise Brown, WFP Regional Director for West Africa.... 
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The world's worst Ebola epidemic has put harvests at risk and sent food prices soaring in West Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday, warning the problem would intensify in coming months. The FAO issued a special alert for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three countries most affected by the outbreak, which has killed around 1,550 people since the virus was detected in the remote jungles of southeastern Guinea in March. Restrictions on people's movements and the establishment of quarantine zones to contain the spread of the hemorrhagic fever has led to panic buying, food shortages and price hikes in countries ill-prepared to absorb the shock....
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Doctors in Liberia went on strike on Tuesday as they struggled to cope with the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, while the United Nations warned the spread of the disease in West Africa was causing food shortages in one of the world's poorest regions.
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A patient has been isolated at Kenyatta National Hospital after showing signs of Ebola. Sources say the patient showed signs of fever, high temperature and vomiting which made the medics put him aside for observation and tests.
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CARE Pres. and CEO, Dr. Helene Gayle, discusses the dangerous economic fallout from West Africa's Ebola outbreak.
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Johnson Sirleaf also extended the stay-at-home order for all nonessential government employees for another month on Monday, underscoring the still dangerous health conditions the Ebola virus is causing in the country. The order went into effect on July 30. A statement on the President's website said the order is still necessary as efforts to contain the spread of the often fatal virus continue.
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Doctors and nurses fighting the world's biggest outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa should get incentives including better pay, insurance and access to the new Ebola drug ZMapp, an international health expert said.
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L'épidémie d'Ebola, qui a déjà fait plus de 1.500 morts depuis le début de l'année, poursuit son avancée malgré la multiplication des mesures de plus en plus restrictives sur la circulation des personnes en Afrique de l'ouest.
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Five West African Ebola researchers died from the virus before they ever saw their work in print.
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The Sierra Leone government has announced that the country is likely to miss its target of exporting $200 million in diamonds this year because of the Ebola outbreak.
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Overview WHO issued this roadmap for scaled-up response to the Ebola outbreak. The goal is to stop Ebola transmission in affected countries within 6-9 months and prevent international spread. The roadmap will assist governments and partners in the revision and resourcing of country-specific operational plans for Ebola response, and the coordination of international support for their full implementation. The objectives are:
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A United Nations food agency warned on Tuesday of "grave food security concerns" in the west African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak as the deadly epidemic caused labor shortages and disrupted cross-border trade. On Monday, a man escaped from an Ebola quarantine center in Monrovia and sent local people fleeing in fear as he walked through a local market in search of food. The patient, who wore a tag showing he had tested positive for Ebola, held a stick and tried to get away from doctors in the center in the Paynesville neighborhood as they arrived on the scene attempting to catch him. Restrictions on movement in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, such as border closings and suspended flights, have led to panic buying, food shortages and severe price hikes, especially in towns and cities, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization said....
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The U.N. says the problem is two-fold — quarantine zones and travel restrictions are limiting the movement of both people and food.
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World leaders are failing to address the worst ever Ebola epidemic, and states with biological-disaster response capacity, including civilian and military medical capability, must immediately dispatch assets and personnel to West Africa, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today in a special briefing at the United Nations organised by the office of the UN Secretary General and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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In a video address, President Obama speaks to the people of West Africa regarding America's support in combating the Ebola outbreak.
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The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has warned that a “few more” Nigerians will develop the Ebola Virus Disease before the deadly infection is curtailed in Nigeria. The minister said those at risk are those Nigerians who had contact with the victim in Rivers State. - See more at: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/167618-ebola-warning-more-nigerians-will-develop-disease-before-virus-is-stopped-health-minister.html#sthash.GCb1yg5J.dpuf
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Nurses at Liberia's largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a deadly Ebola epidemic which has killed hundreds in the West African nation.
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Announced late last week South Africans who are unable to change their plans to travel into or transit through high-risk Ebola states in West Africa are now able to apply to the National Department of Health to be exempted from the new rule... “In an advisory to its passengers, South African Airways said locals would need to submit their full personal details, as well as an address of residence and details of their next of kin. Travellers must also complete a health questionnaire, to be submitted with their request to travel.
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“Ethiopia begins Ebola screening on borders. The national committee organized for the prevention of the virus told the Reporter that screening has began at the Moyale, Metema, Humera and Togo Chale borders and at Gambella.”
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The West African Postgraduate Medical Colleges (WAPMC) and the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) have suggested to government that sensitization slogans should indicate that male patients who have recovered from EVD would need to wear condoms or abstain for up to ninety (90) days.
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The world's disastrously inadequate response to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying who could easily be saved, the head of the World Bank said on Monday.
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