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Liberia: Liberian Govt Welcomes U.S. CDC Ebola Predictive Tool
New Republic, 24 September 2014
The Liberian Government has welcomed the predictive tool released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the Ebola epidemic. Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia Says U.S. Report Brings 'Clarity' to Fight Against Ebola
VOA, 24 September 2014
The Liberian government has welcomed Tuesday's release of a statistical model on West Africa's Ebola cases by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which… Read more »
Ebola Projection Makes Case for Help - Liberia
Liberian Information Minister Lewis Brown says the report by the U.S. Center for Disease Control, which predicts a huge jump in the number of Ebola cases by January unless the epidemic was brought under control, makes the case for urgent international assistance.
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West Africa: Ebola and "The Perfect Storm"
UNIRIN, 24 September 2014
The new figures from the World Health Organization's (WHO) Ebola Response Team are sobering. If cases in the three worst affected countries continue to rise at the present rate, by… Read more »
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West Africa: Scientists Project Tens of Thousands of Ebola Cases
VOA, 23 September 2014
A new study warns of tens of thousands of Ebola cases in West Africa in the coming months if swift action is not taken to curb this deadly disease. An article appearing in the New… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola Could Infect 1.4 Million By January
VOA, 23 September 2014
Between 550,000 and 1.4 million people in West Africa could be infected with the Ebola virus by January 20, 2015, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for… Read more »
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Liberia: Traditional Practices Causes Ebola Prevalence - Pres. Sirleaf
Analyst, 24 September 2014
Describing the Ebola virus as an unknown "enemy" of Liberians at the Monrovia City Hall on Tuesday, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she is inclined to hold responsible for the… Read more »
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Liberia: 1.4 Million Ebola By Cases Jan? Liberia Welcomes Troops - What's Next?
FrontPageAfrica, 24 September 2014
Damning new "worst-case-scenario" projections by the U.S. Center for Disease Control, that if nothing is done to effectively control the outbreak -- there could be 1.4 million… Read more »
InFocus
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Authorities at the Liberian Ministry of Heath say a new review of the rate of Ebola infection in the country shows that unlike before, more men are contracting the disease than ... Read more »
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Aid agencies are warning that the shortage of volunteers to staff the new Ebola clinics and hospitals being built by the international community is threatening efforts to bring the ... Read more »
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In its latest update, the World Health Organization announced that close to 7,000 people have now died in the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Read more »
