In July 2014, a strange illness began ripping through William Poopei’s family. Within weeks, 14 family members had died from Ebola, largely due to lack of knowledge on what the illness was and how to treat it.
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Dr. David Nabarro, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, recently gave us an update on the current situation in …
This is a guest post by Pieter Desloovere, WHO Spokesperson in Liberia. WHO patient expert trainer Austin S Jallah – …
Photo credit: WHO/Christopher Black On December 2, the World Bank released a report, “Update on the Economic Impact of the 2014 …
Photo credit: GAVI/Riccardo Gangale When we talk about vaccines, we usually talk about impact. We talk about the millions of …
At the beginning of December, the United Nations reached the 60-day mark since it launched its expanded response to the …
The international community’s response must continue to be “fluid, nimble, and regional,” Ambassador Samantha Power, the U.S. Permanent Representative to …
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unprecedented, with over 14,000 cases so far and a mortality rate up to 70%. While we are making some progress, we have a lot of work to do. Bringing the outbreak under control depends on quickly finding people with Ebola and isolating them during treatment so they cannot infect others.
As we begin to see some progress in the fight against Ebola in Liberia, the country hardest-hit by the outbreak, more details are now available about Ebola’s spread to neighboring Mali.
