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Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)

Breaking free: How several initiatives are helping Africa get better healthcare

Four projects of differing nature in different countries

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Several experimental drugs being tested in Congo to halt Ebola

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approved the drugs to treat people infected with Ebola even as conflict continues in the …

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Ebola, pandemic influenza and SDG feature prominently at 71st World Health Assembly

The five-day assembly also agreed upon other resolutions concerning topics like digital health and assistive technology

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Ebola and Zika epidemics are driven by pathologies of society, not just a virus

To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global …

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BATting for disease

A new study maps the transmission landscape for diseases emanating due to contact with bats

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WHO declares end of Ebola transmission in Guinea

This is the first time that the three host countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — are free of the virus

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New vaccine protects against Ebola when administered seven days before infection: Study

Study was conducted on Macaque monkeys and results published in the Science journal

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70,000 children born during Ebola outbreak in Liberia at risk of exclusion if not registered, warns UNICEF

UN body supporting drive to register the children

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The innovation WHO needs

The strategy to push public health, innovation and intellectual property is a tough challenge because of funding constraints

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Unprepared for Ebola

The rapid spread of Ebola to three continents shows that the world needs effective surveillance and response system to check infectious …

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Ebola unleashed

The deadly virus had long confined itself to the backwoods of Africa. Increasing deforestation has led to its frequent emergence as epidemics

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After Ebola, bird flu hits West Africa

Africans will have to mass cull chicken, an inexpensive source of nutrition in the region

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