Stepping Up Ebola Response in the Face of Death
Previous deadly Ebola outbreaks were confined to really remote places DR Congo and thus quickly contained. But this time, there are some cases in a major city. MSF and others are on the ground working to contain it, better yet, there is an additional tool to fight this virus - vaccines...
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Congo-Kinshasa: MSF Steps Up Ebola Response After 26 Deaths
MSF, 24 May 2018
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has stepped the Ebola epidemic response in DRC’s Équateur province while one new laboratory-confirmed Ebola case has been registered in… Read more »
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Nigeria: What You Can Do to Protect Yourself From Ebola
Vanguard, 23 May 2018
With memories of the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease outbreak still relatively fresh, Nigerians should not take the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
MSF teams are currently in the Mbandaka and Bikoro areas and are putting in place two Ebola Treatment Centres of 20 beds each. Photographer:
InFocus
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The vaccine V920 isn't new. It was invented in 2003 at the Public Health Agency of Canada, and initial tests showed promise. Clinical trials didn't happen, until the worst Ebola ... Read more »
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This is the ninth Ebola outbreak in the country since 1976. The previous outbreaks were centred in rural areas and contained before they reached an urban environment like Mbandaka. ... Read more »
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Health officials in the country are to start a vaccination campaign to contain the spread of the virus which has thus far affected at least 21 people. Read more »
