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A Woman Survives Ebola But Not Pregnancy In Africa

Salome Karwah fought past civil war and a deadly virus. But in Liberia, becoming a mother is too often a killer. By the...

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Bushmeat Trade Tests Cameroon’s Ebola Prevention

The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Successful Ebola Vaccine Will Be Fast-Tracked For Use

A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health...

International

Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola...

International

The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone

The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired...

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ECOWAS Sets Up Rapid Response Team To Help Contain Disease Outbreaks

A four-day ECOWAS health resilience training programme to equip selected individuals from the fifteen West African...

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Read Mahama’s Full Speech At UN General Assembly

President John Mahama on Wednesday addressed the United Nation’s 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly....

Health

GHS Training on Ebola and Cholera Surveillance Ends

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health...

Africa & World

World Health Organization: Nigeria and Senegal – Model Test Cases for Effective Ebola Control

(Geneva,GNA) – The World Health Organisations (WHO) says Senegal and Nigeria offers a test case for the world on how...

Africa & World

United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

Feature

An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”

Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat...

Health

Drugmakers to Join Forces to Make Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses

(Africa,Reuters) - Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to...

Health

The Fight Against Ebola – VICE News

The international news organization VICE News visited Liberia to provide a front line perspective of the uphill battle...

Africa & World

Travel Restrictions Imposed: U.S. to Funnel Travelers from Ebola-hit Region Through Five Airports

(Reuters, Africa) - Travelers to the United States from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into...

Africa & World

President Mahama on Ebola and Investment in Africa

(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the...

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President Mahama urges Ghanaian soldiers to join in efforts to fight Ebola

President John Mahama has urged Ghanaian soldiers to complement efforts of their counterparts in the West African...

World News

More Ebola Outbreaks outside Africa – Nurse Infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested...