ebola epidemic in Guinea

That was the case three years ago when Ebola unknowingly spread for weeks on end in a rural part of Guinea, leading to an international epidemic which resulted in more than 14,000 deaths. And, aside from these public health preoccupations, how can we ensure that more children get the chance to ...

That was the case three years ago, when Ebola spread for weeks undetected in a rural part of Guinea—leading to an international epidemic that resulted in more than 14,000 deaths. Even more immediate than this global public health issue, how can we ensure that more children survive in Kouroussa?

The study will be conducted simultaneously in Uganda and Guinea. Uganda already sold expertise on management of viral haemorrhagic fevers to the rest of the continent , especially in 2014 when Ebola turned into a public health disaster killing hundreds in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — and ...

When Ebola occurred in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea between 2014 and 2016, it spread widely because those countries did not have the public health systems they needed to stop the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with other international and national institutions, helped to supply material ...

The Ebola epidemic, which killed more than 11,000 people over an expanse of West Africa between 2014 and 2016, has enabled experts to draw a series of conclusions in a bid to improve health services at least in Guinea, a Parliament delegation visiting the country has found. EURACTIV's media partner ...

During March, 2018, a review of the Ebola recovery projects in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that, of $1.6 billion appropriated by Congress in 2014 for US Agency for International Development (USAID), that the USAID needs to do more to ...

A review of US-funded Ebola recovery projects in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released this week found that, of $1.6 billion appropriated by Congress in 2014 for US Agency for International Development (USAID) in the hard-hit region, $411.6 million ...

In 2014, an Ebola epidemic began to ravage West Africa. It became the largest Ebola outbreak in history, lasting two years and infecting an estimated 28,000 people—most in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Ultimately, the disease took more than 11,000 lives. Many of those lives might have been saved ...

The Merck vaccine previously posted 100% efficacy in a “ring study” in Guinea, where researchers created a circle of vaccinations around known Ebola cases to stop the virus' spread. Other studies in the U.S. and the West African country Liberia have shown the shot can elicit antibody responses that lasted ...

The Ebola virus destroyed more than human lives when it emerged in Guinea a few years ago—it also eroded agriculture in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Food shortages, trade restrictions, border controls, and rising food prices led many farmers to resort to desperate measures and eat the seeds they ...

n international consortium of researchers has reported 1 that an Ebola vaccine appears to provide volunteers protection against the virus two years after they were injected — encouraging findings both for the public health community and the vaccine's manufacturer. An earlier study 2, conducted in Guinea ...