Showing posts with label Liberia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberia. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 July 2015

Liberia: Ebola Survivors Prexy Rallies Support For Research

The National president of the Ebola Survivors Network of Liberia has sent a rallying call to Ebola survivors to participate in the ongoing research on post-Ebola complications.

The Liberia-US Joint Clinical Research Partnership is seeking to find causes and derive medical solutions to health complications being experienced by Ebola survivors.

Friday, 17 July 2015

Another Ebola Fatality in Liberia

 Liberia — A young woman who died hours after being admitted to an Ebola treatment unit on Sunday became the second Ebola fatality since Liberia was declared free of the virus on May 9, government officials said on Wednesday.

Friday, 10 July 2015

Ebola: Tanzanian Nurse In Self-quarantine After Serving In Liberia


A Tanzanian nurse who has just returned home after taking part in the post-Ebola Virus Disease recovery programme in the affected West African countries has placed herself under a 21-day quarantine.

Liberia Confirms 2 New Ebola Cases, 5 Total

A man sprays disinfectant on a road near the home of a 17-year old boy that died from the Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)
Two new cases of Ebola have emerged from the same Liberian community where the virus resurged the other week, the acting head of the country's Ebola Case Management Team said Thursday.

Monday, 6 July 2015

Liberia Works To Contain Ebola, Find Source Of New Cases


Liberia is working hard to contain Ebola and find the source of the latest infections of the deadly virus recorded this week.

UN Special Envoy Says Ebola Flare-ups Could Continue For Some Time

Because of the large amount of virus that has been in circulation, small outbreaks could occur for some time … a scanning electron micrograph of red Ebola virus particles. Photograph: NIAID/EPA
The new Ebola outbreak in Liberia last week was not unexpected, and more like it may occur, according to the UN special envoy on Ebola, Dr David Nabarro.

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Ebola Returns To Liberia: Where Did It Come From, And Could It Spread?


The return of Ebola in Liberia — with three new cases reported this week in the previously Ebola-free country — is worrisome, and raises questions about whether Liberia was really free of the disease to begin with, experts say.