How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola: Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPAMore than 2000 cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. Now, despite authorities’ efforts – … [Read more...] about How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola | The Conversation
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Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some: Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC's North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPAThe Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it first appeared 10 months ago. By mid-May, … [Read more...] about Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we’re doing to prevent it | The Conversation
Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it: A health worker looks on at an Ebola transit centre in Beni in North Kivu province, DRC. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPAThe ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest outbreak in the country since 1976 when the Ebola virus was first identified in what was then known as … [Read more...] about Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we’re doing to prevent it | The Conversation
The DRC’s Ebola outbreak has all the makings of a humanitarian crisis | The Conversation
The DRC's Ebola outbreak has all the makings of a humanitarian crisis: West Africa experienced the worst Ebola outbreak between 2013 and 2016. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPAIt’s been eight months since the start of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the beginning of April, almost 700 people have succumbed to the disease, making this the second … [Read more...] about The DRC’s Ebola outbreak has all the makings of a humanitarian crisis | The Conversation
SA News: Ebola virus likely to spread into Pakistan from South Africa
Ebola virus likely to spread into Pakistan from South Africa: The chances of transmission of life threatening Ebola virus from South Africa to Pakistan, have increased. As per reports, about 90 per cent of Ebola-affected patients lose the battle of life. The ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Sri Lanka skipper fined after drink-driving crash: Karunaratne, who led Sri … [Read more...] about SA News: Ebola virus likely to spread into Pakistan from South Africa
