Ebola: Hard-won gains in Liberia must not be undermined. International response must adapt to changing epidemic pattern. Published on MSF’s website, November 10, 2014 Monrovia – While the number of new Ebola cases reported in Liberia has declined in recent weeks, the outbreak is far from over and new hotspots continue …
Field notes from Kathryn Stinson, MSF epidemiologist in Sierra Leone After leaving Freetown, capital of Ebola-plagued Sierra Leone, for the airport by hydrofoil, I reflected on how I felt when undertaking this route at the start of my journey. It was night, and there was no electricity. We were disorientated by sensory …
An impressive series of pictures in West Africa, by Boston Big Picture, published on October 8 2014. Full Article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2014/10/08/living-with-ebola-west-africa/vTCGB1bQTSbQitjUkSsTWI/story.html
Ebola – La coalition mondiale de l’inaction by msf Avec près de 9000 cas et 4492 morts (source : OMS, au 16 octobre 2014), l’épidémie d’Ebola en cours en Afrique de l’Ouest est la plus importante jamais enregistrée depuis l’identification de la maladie, en 1976. Dès les premières semaines qui …
By Makiko Kitamura and Naomi Kresge, October 20, 2014, BloombergBusinessweek http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-10-19/ebola-front-line-doctors-at-breaking-point At 3:30 a.m. in the world’s biggest Ebola treatment center, Daniel Lucey found the outbreak reduced to its essentials: patients lying on mattresses on the floor and vomiting in the dark, visible only by the wavering flashlight beam of a …
Cases Deaths Guinea 1,472 843 Liberia 4,249 2,458 Nigeria 20 8 Sierra Leone 3,252 1,183 Senegal 1 0 Total 8,994 4,492 WHO Figures – Data are based on official information reported by Ministries of Health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability …