Drug resistance among top threats: WHO
NEW DELHI: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the 10 threats to global health in 2019 by World Health Organisation (WHO). The other threats on this list include HIV, Ebola, dengue,
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
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Number of new Ebola cases rises for first time in 2015: WHO
During the seven days leading up to February 1, 124 new cases were confirmed across three west African countries The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
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Liberia begins clinical trial for Ebola vaccines as outbreak ebbs
MONROVIA – Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers as part of an effort to slow the spread of the deadly fever and prevent future outbreaks.
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International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?
Karen Grépin examines the pledges made to the Ebola crisis, how much has actually reached affected countries, and the lessons to be learnt. (Analysis)
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Modelling the effect of early detection of Ebola
Almost 20 000 cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported in west Africa. Estimates of the reproductive ratio of the outbreak suggest that about half of infectious contacts need to be prevented to
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New Ebola cases at lowest level in seven months: WHO
WHO also added that the response to the Ebola epidemic has now moved to a second phase The number of new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone
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Liberia: New Report- 14 Counties to Be Declared Ebola Free Soon
Monrovia — A new report by the Incident Management Team on Ebola has indicated that Grand Cape Mount County will soon join 13 other counties to be declared Ebola free. Liberia is striving hard to get
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Ebola outbreak: Virus mutating, scientists warn
Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak last March, are investigating whether it
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Chains of transmission and control of Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea, in 2014: an observational study
An epidemic of Ebola virus disease of unprecedented size continues in parts of west Africa. For the first time, large urban centres such as Conakry, the capital of Guinea, are affected. We did an observational
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Drop in Ebola cases ‘signals turning point’
The Ebola epidemic seems to have reached a turning point, as cases fall in all three of the worst-hit countries of west Africa, according to World Health Organisation figures. Last week there were fewer
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Ebola animal to human transmission linked to population density and habitat degradation
An apparent link has been established between human population density and vegetation cover and the spread of the Ebola virus from animal hosts to humans. Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center