This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia’s development …
As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa grows, airlines around the globe are closely monitoring the situation but have yet to make any drastic changes Why are airlines concerned? Airlines quickly take passengers from one part of the globe to another. One sick passenger on a plane could theoretically infect …
As the death toll rises in West Africa amid the worst Ebola outbreak on record, a separate threat is compounding the problem: the rainy season and the malaria that comes with it. In Sierra Leone, with the most Ebola cases in the epidemic, a fearful population is failing to seek …
The World Health Organization will convene a panel of medical ethicists next week to explore the use of experimental treatments for Ebola amid the worst outbreak of the disease on record. An experimental antibody cocktail developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. was used to treat two infected American health workers whose …
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency as the country grapples with an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Speaking on national television she said some civil liberties might have to be suspended. The Ebola outbreak has also hit Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, killing more …
Health workers in West Africa appealed on Wednesday for urgent help in controlling the world's worst Ebola outbreak as the death toll climbed to 932 and Liberia declared a state of emergency. "The government and people of Liberia require extraordinary measures for the very survival of our state and for …
THE World Bank Group, yesterday, committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support for energy projects in six African countries, including Nigeria. Others are, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, and Tanzania—which have partnered with President Obama’s Power Africa initiative. Making the announcement on the second day of the first US-Africa …
Three of the world's leading Ebola specialists called on Tuesday for experimental drugs and vaccines to be offered to people in West Africa, where a vast outbreak of the deadly disease is raging in three countries. Noting that American aid workers who contracted the disease in Liberia were given an …
THE World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are preparing as much as $260 million in emergency funding to help Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea contain the spread of Ebola and limit its economic impact. The World Bank pledged as much as $200 million in response to calls by …
The World Bank has announced that it is allocating $200m (£120m) in emergency assistance for West African countries battling to contain the Ebola outbreak. The money will be distributed to the governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as to the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of …
The World Health Organisation is launching a $100 million (59.25 million pounds) response plan to combat an "unprecedented" outbreak of Ebola in West Africa that has killed 729 people out of 1,323 infected since February, the U.N. agency said on Thursday. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan will meet in Conakry, Guinea …
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa. The World Health Organisation said it would launch a $100 million response plan …
Ebola virus is back, this time in West Africa, with over 350 cases and a 69% case fatality ratio at the time of this writing. The culprit is the Zaire ebolavirus species, the most lethal Ebola virus known, with case fatality ratios up to 90%. The epicenter and site of …
The European Union said Wednesday it is allocating €2 million to fight the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa, with the money going to support the World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The EU also issued an advisory to people …
Liberia's president is closing the nation's schools and ordering non-essential government employees to stay home as the country battles an Ebola outbreak. Already, several airlines have halted their flights into Liberia amid a rising number of patients with one of the world's most virulent diseases. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also …
INDICATIONS emerged Wednesday that there is a growing fear across the globe, particularly in Europe and the United States (U.S.), that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could spread to other regions. Already, the European Union (EU) has allocated extra spending over the disease. Meanwhile, following the death of a …
Sierra Leone is now the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, which is shifting away from its source in neighboring Guinea, Doctors Without Borders said. The group is scaling up its response in Sierra Leone, where 22 international and 250 local staff are working, the medical organization said on its website. …
Ebola, the killer of more than 670 people in four West African countries since February, has spread beyond Africa only once. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen now, infectious disease experts warn. The symptoms appear from two days to three weeks after infection, meaning it’s possible for an infected person …
Most border crossings in Liberia have been closed and communities hit by an Ebola outbreak face quarantine to try to halt the spread of the virus. Screening centres are also being set up at the few major entry points that will remain open, such as the main airport. Meanwhile, Nigeria …
A FRESH concern has been raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the evolution of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which it said remains a serious concern as primary and secondary viral transmissions continue to occur in both urban and rural communities. …
While millions more children in developing countries are in school than was the case at the turn of the millennium, there is growing awareness of a ‘learning crisis’, with many of those in school unable to meet basic standards. In addressing this, the role of power and politics has been …
