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: 70,000 Children At Risk
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says thousands of children born during the Ebola crisis and were not unregistered are at risk exploitation. According to UNICEF, the more than 70,000 Liberian
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Liberia: Int’l Ebola response project ends
The international NGO Action Contre la faim (ACF) has ended an eight-month Ebola Prevention and Response Project in Liberia’s western Bomi County.With funding from the United States Office for Foreign
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Global vaccine-development fund could save thousands of lives, billions of dollars
Global vaccine-development fund could save thousands of lives, billions of dollars A $2 billion global vaccine-development fund is needed to prevent the world's deadliest infectious diseases, according
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Sierra Leone: Sierre Leone Records Two New Cases of Ebola
Two new cases of Ebola have surfaced in Sierra Leone's Tonkolili district after a man died last week in the area where the deadly virus had not been seen for months, according to an official. The two
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Nigeria: Ebola Vaccine "Extremely Promising" in Clinical Trial- WHO
Results from a phase-III trial of the vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV has shown the vaccine is highly effective against Ebola, the World Health Organisation has said. It said results from a preliminary trial
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Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial
A recombinant, replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebolavirus (rVSV-ZEBOV) is a promising Ebola vaccine candidate. The researchers
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Ebola cases hit year low but WHO warns of trouble; Sierra Leone braces for spread
GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed the fewest weekly infections for over a year in the west African Ebola epidemic, but warned they were braced for a significant new outbreak in
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Nigeria: After Ebola, Nigeria Can Defeat Polio
This Month — July - was a very auspicious month for Nigeria in 2014. Two health related occurrences took place in that month. On Sunday July 20 2014, Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos airport, a sick man
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Lack of knowledge on animal disease leaves humans at risk
Researchers from the University of Sydney have painted the most detailed picture to date of major infectious diseases shared between wildlife and livestock, and found a huge gap in knowledge about diseases
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Ebola is still a threat to Ghana – Red Cross
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has begun an orientation programme for its volunteers to build their capacity to educate Ghanaians on the threat of the Ebola virus and cholera in the Western Region.