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West Africa: Misconceptions Fuel Ebola Outbreak
Unicef, 11 July 2014
As the Ebola-related death toll rises above 500 in West Africa, UNICEF and its partners are expanding their activities across the region to halt the spread of the disease by… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola Conference Agrees to Set Up Regional Fund
DW, 3 July 2014
An emergency meeting on Ebola held in Ghana has ended with a resolution to set up a fund to support research into the disease which has claimed more than 460 lives in Guinea,… Read more »
West Africa Agrees on Ebola Response
West African countries have agreed to improve coordination across the region and to also establish a fund pool to which member countries will contribute in an effort to help fight the deadly Ebola virus.
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West Africa: WHO Seeks End to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Premium Times, 3 July 2014
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Monday called for urgent, collective cross-border and multi-sectoral concrete actions to bring an end to the on-going Ebola virus outbreak in… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Community 'Upset' Over Fallen Doctor Who Died in Liberia
FrontPageAfrica, 4 July 2014
Dr. Samuel Muhumuza Mutoro was so determined to become a doctor that he repeated classes in school, just to fulfill his dreams, the Ugandan Monitor quoting family members reported… Read more »
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West Africa: W. African Ebola Outbreak May Last Several Months - UN
VOA, 3 July 2014
A top U.N. health official says West Africa's Ebola outbreak could last several more months. But Keiji Fukuda told the French News Agency AFP Thursday it is impossible to make a… Read more »
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Liberia: Urgency for Total Involvement in Fight Against Ebola
New Dawn, 4 July 2014
I from all indications, the Ebola Virus Disease or EVD may now be spreading at an alarming rate in Liberia and the Mano River Union basis. And unless there is TOTAL INVOLVEMENT by… Read more »
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Liberia: U.S. Donates to Ebola Response
New Dawn, 4 July 2014
The U.S. Government has donated another supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the World Health Organization to support the international response to the Ebola outbreak… Read more »
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Liberia: Ebola - Who Calls Emergency Talks On Outbreak
Heritage, 3 July 2014
Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, in an attempt to "get a grip" on the deadly and worsening Ebola outbreak. Read more »
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Gambia: Ebola Sensitisation Campaign Reaches Foni
Daily Observer, 3 July 2014
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's ongoing public prevention and awareness campaign and sensitisation on the deadly Ebola virus has reached Foni, with alkalolus and women… Read more »
InFocus
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The deadly Ebola virus, which is continuing to spread in the region, has now claimed the lives of 337 people, the World Health Organization has announced. Read more »
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The World Health Organization has convened a two-day meeting of West African health ministers in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, to decide on a coordinated reponse to the Ebola ... Read more »
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on all Liberians to now see the Ebola epidemic as a national public health emergency, saying anyone found or reported to be holding ... Read more »
