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Why Ebola Wasn't Stopped by Investment in Healthcare

"The lack of gloves is a reiteration of inequalities in Africa, but this time refracted through the contemporary configurations of 'global health' ", writes Uli Beisel of Bayreuth University.

West Africa: Why Ebola Wasn't Stopped by Huge Healthcare Investment

The Conversation Africa, 3 November 2014

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"I lost my parents to Ebola," says survivor Tafala, at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Nigeria: IBM Deploys Technology-Based Solutions to Track EVD in W/A

Vanguard, 2 November 2014

The recent call by the Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum (AETRF),for more concerted efforts to bring robust technological responses to Ebola crisis has started yielding… Read more »
Liberia: EU Committed to Helping Liberia Kick Out Ebola, EJS Assured

FrontPageAfrica, 3 November 2014

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has held discussion with a delegation of the European Union, headed by the Director, Humanitarian and Civil Protection Operations (DG ECHO),… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Vital to Invest in Primary Healthcare - Mujuru

The Herald, 1 November 2014

VICE President Joice Mujuru has called for investment in primary health care services as part of measures to control the possible outbreak of Ebola which she said was expensive to… Read more »
Liberia: Ebola Virus in Liberia - Malaria Must Be Treated, Too

FrontPageAfrica, 31 October 2014

Every year, malaria claims victims in Liberia. The disease is endemic there. However, with the Ebola epidemic, it has become very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain treatment.… Read more »
Liberia: World Bank Group Pledges Additional U.S.$100 Million to Ebola Fight

Heritage, 31 October 2014

The World Bank Group has announced an additional US$100 million funding in its Ebola crisis response to speed up deployment of foreign health workers to the three worst-affected… Read more »
Kenya: Ebola Fight Can Be Won Digitally

The Star, 1 November 2014

Now that we are in the digital age where access to information is a 'touch screen' away, most people would argue that communication has never been easier. Gone are the days of… Read more »

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'I Am a Liberian, Not a Virus!'

"There's a phrase that was popular in the 1990s, 'driving while black', which African-Americans coined in the U.S. to expose the insidiousness of racial profiling. The 21st century ... Read more »
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U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power Visits Ebola-Hit Nations

U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, the highest-ranking American government official yet to visit Ebola-hit nations, has criticised the international response to the crisis. Read more »
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Why Ebola Wasn't Stopped by Investment in Healthcare

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'I Am a Liberian, Not a Virus!'

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power Visits Ebola-Hit Nations

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