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Time Magazine Names Ebola Fighters as 2014 'Person of the Year'
- Publisher:
- Voice of America
- Publication Date:
- 10 December 2014
Time magazine has chosen as its 2014 "Person of the Year" all of those engaged in fighting Ebola. Photos of five people representing doctors, nurses, aid workers and others who braved the virus to help victims in West Africa will grace the magazine's cover. Zlatica Hoke reports.
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Ebola Inflicts Heavy Toll on Guinean Potato Trade
- Publisher:
- Agence France-Presse
- Publication Date:
- 30 October 2014
The Ebola epidemic has seen Senegal and Guinea Bissau close its borders with Guinea and the economic consequences have started to be felt, especially in Fouta Djallon, where the renowned potato industry has been hit hard.
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U.S. Health Official Criticizes Ebola Quarantine Protocols in N.Y., N.J.
- Publisher:
- Voice of America
- Publication Date:
- 27 October 2014
Divisions have emerged between top U.S. health officials and two state governors who imposed rigorous quarantine protocols for American medical professionals returning from Ebola-stricken African nations. VOA's Michael Bowman reports that New York and neighboring New Jersey took steps on their own after New York registered its first Ebola case - that of a Doctors Without Borders physician who had worked in the West African nation of Guinea.
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UNDP Africa Policy Note
- Publisher:
- United Nations Development Programme
- Publication Date:
- 24 October 2014
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak (EVD) is overstressing the fiscal capacity of Governments in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Go to resource »
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WHO: Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report
- Author:
- World Health Organization
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication Date:
- 8 October 2014
The total number of confirmed, probable, and suspected cases (see Annex 1) in the West African epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported up to the end of 5 October 2014 (epidemiological week 40) is 8033 with 3879 deaths. Countries affected are Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and the United States of America. A confirmed case of EVD has been reported in Spain1, but because the case was confirmed during the week ending 12 October (epidemiological week 41), information on this
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Statement Delivered on the Occasion of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate by President Jacob Zuma of the Republic of South Africa
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication Date:
- 24 September 2014
The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has exposed the lack of infrastructure and limited resources in Africa, said South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at the UN General Assembly as he pledged to continue, in every possible way, to assist the people and Governments of hardest-hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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Eight Killed In Attack On Ebola Team In Guinea
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 19 September 2014
Eight people, including three journalists, were killed in an attack on a team trying to educate locals on the risks of the Ebola virus in a remote area of southeastern Guinea, a government spokesman said on Thursday. "The eight bodies were found in the village latrine. Three of them had their throats slit," Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters.
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Eight Bodies Found After Attack On Guinea Ebola Education Team
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 18 September 2014
A government spokesman said on Thursday that eight bodies, including those of three journalists, were found after an attack on a team trying to educate locals on the risks of the Ebola virus in a remote area of southeastern Guinea. Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters, "The eight bodies were found in the village latrine. Three of them had their throats slit,
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White House On Ebola
- Publisher:
- TV2Africa
- Publication Date:
- 16 September 2014
White House press conference on ebola.
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Obama on Ebola - Meet the Press Interview
- Publisher:
- NBC News
- Publication Date:
- 7 September 2014
"U.S. military assets" are required for the health-care surge required to contain the Ebola outbreak, President Obama said in an interview on Meet the Press. Ebola "could be a serious danger to the United States" if America does not act now to help African countries deal with the virus, he said. Obama Says 'Military Assets' Needed for Ebola Health-Care Surge
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