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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Liberia: Ebola Task Force Rejects 'Unprofessional' GAC Audit Report
Taking a page from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Incident Management System or Task Force overseeing Liberia's response to the deadly Ebola virus outbreak, has characterized a recent audit by the
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Liberia Declared Ebola-Free
The Ebola virus that raged in the West African state of Liberia is now all but history as World Health Organisation (WHO) and other leading diseases control organisations witnessed the declaration of Liberia
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WHO says Liberia is Ebola-free
LIBERIA’S government and the World Health Organization yesterday declared the country free from Ebola after 42 days without a new case of the deadly virus, which killed more than 4,700 people there during
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Liberia Completes Phase Two of Ebola Virus Trial Vaccines
Monrovia — With no Ebola case reported nearly two months and less than three days left for Liberia to be declared Ebola free, the country has completed Phase Two of the experimental Ebola vaccines. "As
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Liberia ready to declare itself free of Ebola
This once-stricken nation plans to declare it is officially free of Ebola on Saturday, barring the unexpected discovery of a new case. The announcement would come more than a year after the outbreak
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WHO reform needed after Ebola failure, say analysts
The West African Ebola outbreak highlighted leadership failings of the World Health Organization (WHO), said analysts Thursday who called for sweeping reforms and a doubling of its budget to prevent “needless”
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Liberia: Radio Plays 93 Percent in Fight Against Ebola- MOH & Unicef Study Reveals
A study conducted by the Social Mobilization and Behavior Change Communication at the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF has shown that radio played significant roles in the fight against
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Single-dose attenuated Vesiculovax vaccines protect primates against Ebola Makona virus
The family Filoviridae contains three genera, Ebolavirus (EBOV), Marburg virus, and Cuevavirus. Some members of the EBOV genus, including Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV), can cause lethal haemorrhagic fever in
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New Ebola Virus Treatment May be Effective Against the Strain that Killed Thousands
A new Ebola treatment may be effective against a specific strain of the virus that killed thousands of people in West Africa. The new post-exposure treatment could be huge in terms of saving lives in the
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West Africa: World Bank Pledges U.S.$650 Million
The World Bank Group (WBG) has announced that it would provide at least US$650 million during the next 12 to 18 months to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the devastating social and economic