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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Ebola Will Return', Veteran Scientist Warns
Congolese expert Jean-Jacques Muyembe may be little known to the public, but he has been one of the world's top Ebola investigators since the first epidemic erupted in central Africa in 1976. Now, amid
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Interaction between TIM-1 and NPC1 is important for cellular entry of Ebola virus
Multiple host molecules are known to be involved in the cellular entry of filoviruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV); T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 1 (TIM-1) and Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) have been
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Harnessing case isolation and ring vaccination to control Ebola
As a devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues, non-pharmaceutical control measures including contact tracing, quarantine, and case isolation are being implemented. In addition, public health
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Nigeria, Seven Others to Begin Ebola Vaccine Trial
Abuja — Nigeria is one of eight African countries where clinical trials of a vaccine for the Ebola virus disease will soon commence. The others are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cameroun, Ghana, Mali
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Sierra Leone: New Ebola Cases Spike in Guinea and Sierra Leone
Guinea and Sierra Leone have reported 35 new Ebola cases in the past week, four times as many as the week before, providing a reminder that the virus "will not go quietly", a top World Health Organization
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Africa: New African Center to Tackle Infectious Diseases
Spurred on by the recent Ebola outbreak, an African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is being established this year to effectively respond to major epidemics. The need for an African
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Liberia: Ebola Taskforce Ends School Safety Measures Study
At the conclusion of a civil society led assessment of safety protocols to the adherence of Ebola preventive measures in certain selected schools in Liberia, positive impressions have been noted even as
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Nigeria: WHO Sets Up U.S.$100 Million Ebola Fund
As the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) opened in Geneva on Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced it was setting up a $100m contingency fund to mange any unexpected outbreak
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Sierra Leone: Ebola Cases Rise in Guinea, Sierra Leone--WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed on Tuesday that Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Bruce Aylward, WHO Special Representative for Ebola in Geneva, told a technical briefing
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Nigeria: Who Launches U.S.$100 Million Health Emergency Fund
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan, has announced on Monday, May 18, 2015 that she is establishing a $100 million contingency fund to ensure that the U.N. agency has the