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Liberia: U.S. Senator Impressed By Progress in Ebola Fight
Liberian Observer, 23 December 2014
United States Senator and member of the Senate Committee on African Affairs and Appropriation, Chris Coons, has expressed satisfaction over the vigorous stand Liberia and its… Read more »
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West Africa: UN Warns Ebola-Linked Farm Losses Could Threaten Banking in W. Africa - TRFN
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 December 2014
The Ebola epidemic threatens rural banking in three West African countries with the potential to disrupt agriculture next year as farmers won't have access to credit to buy seeds… Read more »
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Liberia: 'Situation in Liberia Much Better', Visiting CDC Director Declares
FrontPageAfrica, 23 December 2014
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has received a delegation of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headed by its Director, Tom Frieden. According to an… Read more »
Despite Gains Ebola Fight Must Continue - Experts & Govts
The Ebola epidemic remains serious despite progress, both governments and outside experts are warning. While all three of the worst-hit countries have now received some assistance from the international community, foreign governments have focused primarily on financing or building Ebola case management structures, leaving staffing entirely up to national authorities. Food supplies are threatened, and economic growth has been reversed, increasing the importance of ongoing assistance.
Volunteers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea work with the Red Cross to prevent and treat Ebola cases. Fears of Ebola in the United States could compromise their efforts.
Finishing touches: The new British Ebola treatment facility has opened to patients in Kerry Town, near the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown.
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Liberia: Ebola Survivors Face Health Problems
New Dawn, 22 December 2014
The program chairperson for Ebola Survivor Network in Liberia, Patrick S. Faley, is warning that survivors from the deadly Ebola virus across the country risk losing their sights. Read more »
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Liberia: Ebola Creeping Into Northwestern Nimba
Liberian Observer, 21 December 2014
With the Christmas and New Year celebrations just a few days away, the deadly Ebola virus is said to be raging in several towns and villages in Guinea bordering Nimba, posing a… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Taming Sierra Leone's Ebola Spread
UNIRIN, 19 December 2014
Sierra Leone is scrambling more health personnel and deploy more equipment to curb the rampant spread of Ebola in Western Area region which currently accounts for half the… Read more »
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West Africa: 'Ebola Outbreak Far from Over' - MSF
MSF, 19 December 2014
Three months after MSF called for states with biological-disaster response capacity to urgently dispatch human and material resources in response to the Ebola outbreak in West… Read more »
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Africa: Ebola Crisis Update - 18th December 2014
MSF, 18 December 2014
MSF's West Africa Ebola response started in March 2014 and counts activities in Guinea, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone. Read more »
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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that joint efforts have "significantly" slowed the spread of the deadly virus although "much remains to be done". Read more »
