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Nigeria:
Obiano Urges Vigilance Over Ebola
Guardian, 23 October 2014
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State, has cautioned Nigerians not to relax efforts in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), saying it was not yet all over. Read more »
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Liberia:
Ebola Survivors Are Symbols of Hope and Help
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 October 2014
Ebola survivors in Liberia are quickly becoming an important part of the fight against the deadly virus that has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa since being detected… Read more »
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Liberia:
Ebola - Prevention Is Possible but People Are Dying Alone
savethechildren_uk, 22 October 2014
When you listen to the experts, Ebola is both scarier and less scary than it initially appears. Read more »
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Africa:
How I Could Have Brought Ebola to Washington
allAfrica, 23 October 2014
In September, I spent time with an American woman who had recently been in Lofa County, Liberia, an Ebola hot spot bordering the village in Guinea where the first case was… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Journalist Fined for Entering Ebola Quarantine Zone
MFWA, 21 October 2014
On October 9, 2014, a court in Kenema City in eastern Sierra Leone fined Ibrahim J. Ganda, a journalist with Radio Vaahun, a privately-owned Liberian radio station, for illegally… Read more »
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Rwanda:
MOH Trains 3,400 on Ebola Response
New Times, 22 October 2014
A total of 3,430 healthcare workers have so far been trained to handle the deadly Ebola disease in case of an outbreak, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Read more »
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Liberia:
Quarantine Ends for Ebola Patient's Contacts
Inquirer, 21 October 2014
Thomas Eric Duncan's family receives the all-clear, but more than a hundred people remain under close watch in the US. Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Ebola - Journey to a Quarantined Village
GroundUp, 21 October 2014
In her latest article from the frontline of the Ebola epidemic, Kathryn Stinson looks for answers in a quarantined village in Sierra Leone. Read more »
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West Africa:
Hunger Threatens to Undermine Ebola Quarantine Measures, Warns Christian Aid
Christian Aid, 21 October 2014
The risk of hunger and malnutrition within Ebola-hit communities in West Africa is threatening to undermine the effectiveness of quarantine measures and, with it, the wider Ebola… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ebola - Can You Quarantine West Africa?
UNIRIN, 20 October 2014
Since the death of Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan in Texas on 8 October and the Ebola infection of two US nurses that treated him, there have been increasing calls by US… Read more »
