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Cuba to send 165 doctors to West Africa to fight ebola
BBC Cuba to send doctors to Ebola areas By Smitha Mundasad, Health reporter, BBC News Baby tested for Ebola In some affected countries there are very few doctors available to tackle the disease Cuba...
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US to send troops to Liberia to “fight” ebola
BBC Ebola outbreak: Barack Obama ‘to pledge US troops to fight virus’ The World Health Organisation warned recently that thousands more cases could occur in Liberia US President Barack Obama is to...
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WHO says ebola deaths exceed 3,0000
BBC The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 3,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The latest figures indicate that more than 6,500 people are believed to have been...
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Nigeria and Senegal containing ebola, according to US
BBC Ebola contained in Nigeria, Senegal – US health officials Nigeria quickly established an emergency operations centre to help trace the possible spread of the virus The Ebola virus may have been...
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US sending helicopters to combat ebola in West Africa
Reuters U.N. mission to send helicopters, vehicles to West Africa in Ebola fight FREETOWN Sat Oct 4, 2014 FREETOWN (Reuters) – The United Nations Ebola response mission will bring five helicopters,...
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UN ebola head hopes West Africa outbreak can be contained
BBC The UN special envoy on Ebola says he hopes that the outbreak can be brought under control within three months. David Nabarro told the BBC the number of Ebola cases was currently increasing...
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West Africa ebola death toll rises to 4,447
BBC 14 October 2014 The WHO says a slowdown in the rate of new cases in some areas may be due to behavioural changes The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, with the large...
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Mali becomes sixth West African country to be hit by ebola
Reuters Mali becomes sixth West African nation hit by Ebola By Adama Diarra and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO Fri Oct 24, 2014 BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali confirmed its first case of Ebola on Thursday, becoming...
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Mali confirms first ebola death
BBC 25 October 2014 The authorities in Mali have confirmed the death of the country’s first Ebola patient, a two-year-old girl. The World Health Organisation said the toddler had travelled hundreds of...
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Sierra Leone – ebola situation worsening because of lack of treatment centres
Reuters Ebola surging in Sierra Leone amid lack of treatment centres – U.N. DAKAR Thu Nov 6, 2014 A health worker fixes another health worker’s protective suit in the Aberdeen district of Freetown,...
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Africa-ebola – Ban Ki-moon hopes the diesease can be beaten in 2015
BBC Ebola outbreak can be ended in 2015: UN’s Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (2nd left) stressed that the world “must get to zero (Ebola) cases“ The deadly Ebola outbreak can be ended “by the middle of next...
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Ebola cases reach 16,00 with Sierra Leone suffering rising transmission rates
Reuters Ebola cases near 16,000, Sierra Leone to overtake Liberia soon with most cases – WHO GENEVA Thu Nov 27, 2014 Medical staff wearing protective suits gather at a health facility near the...
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Africa – post-recovery ailments of recovering ebola sufferers
IRIN Mystery over Ebola survivors’ ailments Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN After beating Ebola, some survivors suffer other illnesses DAKAR, 18 December 2014 (IRIN) – For some Ebola survivors, overcoming...
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West Africa – ebola turning point as number of cases falls
BBC By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website There has been a “turning point” in the Ebola crisis, with cases falling in the three affected countries, World Health Organization officials say....
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West Africa – scientists believe ebola virus can mutate
BBC 29 January 2015 Last updated at 05:55 Share this pageEmailPrint Ebola outbreak: Virus mutating, scientists warn By Tulip Mazumdar Global health reporter Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in...
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Liberia – use of trial ebola vaccine begins
BBC The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the...
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Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone see ebola case increase
BBC New Ebola cases show first rise in 2015 The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa’s worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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Rise in ebola cases for second week in West Africa
BBC New Ebola cases show rise for second week in row Unsafe burial practices are one of the challenges that still need to be overcome The number of new cases of Ebola has risen in all of West Africa’s...
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Reduction in ebola cases prompts Liberia tomreopen borders
BBC Liberia is to reopen its borders following a reduction in the number of Ebola cases being reported in the country. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made the announcement on Friday and said...
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West Africa – WHO says death toll from ebola reaches 10,000
Reuters Fri Mar 13, 2015 DAKAR (Reuters) – The death toll from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000, according to the latest tally released by the World Health Organization on Thursday....
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