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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0 Ebola cases by March
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Even as his country registered 19 new Ebola cases over a 24-hour period, Sierra Leone's president is predicting there will be zero new confirmed cases by the end of March.
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Nigeria: ITU Launches 'Ebola-Info-Sharing' Mobile Application
TO further curb the growing influence of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched a free mobile Application to be used in the campaign against
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Vaccines for Ebola by end of year
Here is good news: vaccines to cure deadly Ebola will be available by the end of this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Citing that two leading vaccines appear safe and will soon be
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Global economic prospects 2015
Global growth again disappointed in 2014 but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly divergent prospects in major economies. Looking ahead, growth is expected to rise slowly, supported by
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Two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe, further tests starting
LONDON, England (AP) — The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa. After an expert meeting this week,
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Ebola death toll hits 8,235: WHO
Almost all the deaths and cases have been reported in the three west African countries worst hit by the outbreak The global death toll from the Ebola outbreak centred in west Africa has jumped to 8,235
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Liberia: Ebola Kills 8,153 in S/Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Others- WHO
LAGOS -- The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 8,153 people out of the total number of 20,656 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, a mortality rate of 39 per cent, even as Liberian President
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New technique to detect Ebola evolves
WITH the establishment of African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) in Nigeria, a new innovation, Rapid Response Diagnostics Test, has been developed to detect incidence
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Africa: Mobile APP Promises to Speed Ebola Response in Guinea
Conakry — As the Ebola epidemic continues to ravage parts of West Africa, health officials are intensifying their efforts on the ground. Now included in their arsenal is a mobile phone application that
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UN: Ebola kills 8,153 people in West Africa, infects 20,650
GENEVA (AP) " The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Geneva-based body said Monday that the total number of confirmed, probable