Ebola in Africa continues to advance. The data developed at noon by Bruce Aylward, director -general of WHO Emergencies are that have already passed the 13,000 cases (last count was just over 10,000) and 5,000 deaths (4,900 were four days ago). But the WHO representative admitted that they saw “cautiously optimistic ” the situation in […]
Oct 30 2014 | Posted in
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected a list of eight experimental treatments and develop two vaccines against Ebola. Therapies not be available until late 2014, has warned the organization in a working paper published Thursday citing Agence France Presse. 200 experts are meeting in Geneva in order to plan measures to combat the virus. […]
Sep 5 2014 | Posted in
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“Today is a miracle.” Kent summed up in these words Brantly survive the Ebola virus. 33 The doctor and nurse Nancy Writebol, 59, the first two people who have been treated for the infection in American territory, have received at discharge. “I’m lucky to be alive and to have been able to meet with my […]
Aug 24 2014 | Posted in
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The Government of Canada will offer its experimental vaccine for Ebola to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, West African countries most affected by the outbreak, which has caused at least 1,013 deaths. The Deputy Director of Public Health of the Health Agency of Canada, Gregory Taylor, said that the authorities consider the experimental vaccine “as […]
Aug 22 2014 | Posted in
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The Ethics Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) approved on Tuesday the use of experimental treatments on the victims of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, although its effectiveness has not been proven. The recommendation has a clear cause: “The measures used in prevention of other outbreaks of infection, control and monitoring of […]
Aug 13 2014 | Posted in
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The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is becoming increasingly serious as President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, has declared a public health emergency in the country and the Government of Liberia has ordered closure of all schools in their territory until further notice banning all public officials to attend their work, in order to […]
Aug 2 2014 | Posted in
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