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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Expert health teams sent to high-risk states
Days after the Prime Minister stepped-in directing the Cabinet Secretary to assess country’s preparedness to tackle Ebola, the Union health ministry has beefed up preparations to keep the virus at bay.
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Strategies for containing Ebola in West Africa
The ongoing Ebola outbreak poses an alarming risk to the countries of West Africa and beyond. To assess the effectiveness of containment strategies, we developed a stochastic model of Ebola transmission
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Turning the tide on Ebola: scaling up public health campaigns before it's too late
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is totally unprecedented. The accelerating number of cases, the poor health infrastructure in affected countries, the short supply of skills, knowledge and personnel,
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Vaccine trials to fight Ebola begin in US, UK & Mali
Even as deadly Ebola continues to spread its wings, pharmaceutical companies developing the vaccines are committed to ramp up production capacity for millions of doses to be available in 2015. According
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A dead-end host: is there a way out? A position piece on the Ebola virus outbreak by the International Union of Immunology Societies
The fact that not everyone with Ebola virus disease (EVD) has died during the ongoing outbreak in West Africa, with an estimated case fatality rate of 70.8% by September 2014, suggests that some kind of
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Dynamics and control of Ebola virus transmission in Montserrado, Liberia: a mathematical modelling analysis
A substantial scale-up in public health response is needed to control the unprecedented Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in west Africa. Current international commitments seek to expand intervention
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WHO high-level meeting on Ebola vaccines access and financing: summary report
A high-level emergency meeting, convened by the World Health Organization at the request of several governments and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, was held on 23 October to look at the
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WHO’s emergency panel on Ebola to meet again
The World Health Organisation's emergency committee on Ebola will meet on Wednesday to review the scope of the outbreak and whether additional measures are needed, a WHO spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Ebola: US issues new treatment protocols
The United States issued stringent new protocols on Monday for health workers treating Ebola victims, directing medical teams to wear protective gear that leaves no skin or hair exposed to prevent medical
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West Africa: Ebola Hits West Africa Food Security
West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which has been disrupting agricultural and market activities, threatens to erode food security and negatively affect the livelihoods of millions of already vulnerable people