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31Jul/15

WHO: Ebola vaccine trials promising

July 31, 2015MedicineAnimal diseases, assistant director general, Biological weapons, Biology, Ebola, Ebola vaccine, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, Guinea, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Infectious diseases, MARGARET CHAN, Marie-Paule Kieny, Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, nee, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Reuters, Tropical diseases, Vaccination, Vaccine, Virology, Virus, West Africa, West African Ebola virus epidemic, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

REUTERS/ MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HANDOUT/ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) – It may soon be possible to protect humans against the deadly Ebola virus.

A new vaccine being tested in Guinea has been 100-percent effective,
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18May/15

WHO sets up $100 million fund to deal with future crises like Ebola

May 18, 2015HealthcareArticles, Biological weapons, Biology, Director, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Geneva, Guinea, Health, Liberia, MARGARET CHAN, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tropical diseases, USD, Viruses, West African Ebola virus epidemic, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

WHO admits it failed to respond adequately to the Ebola virus and sets up a $100 million dollar fund to be better prepared next time.

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23Feb/15

Freetown neighbourhood sealed off as new Ebola cases emerge

February 23, 2015HealthcareAberdeen, Bankulay Kamara, David Keretesz, Ebola, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Economic Community of West African States, Freetown, Health, Infectious diseases, Medical specialties, Moussa Kabia, Patrick Tombi, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Sierra Leone, West African Ebola virus epidemicsmbale

Sierra Leone has imposed a lock down in Freetown’s Aberdeen district, following a spike in Ebola cases, in what is seen as a setback for the country hardest-hit by the virus. Health workers are conducting searches as part of government efforts to contain the virus.
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