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5 Points On Marburg Virus And New Outbreak In African Country
The WHO held an emergency meeting after nine people died from the an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. It causes infection as deadly as Ebola, and the outbreak-hit province has been placed under quarantine.
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WHO To Hold Emergency Meeting After Ebola Spreads To Uganda
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a key emergency committee would meet following confirmation that an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo had spread to neighbouring Uganda.
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After Ebola, World Still Unprepared for Global Pandemic, Says Charity Group
The global health system is unable to handle another mass epidemic like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said, urging wealthy nations to develop coordinated response plans and drugs to fight neglected diseases.
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Slow Growth, Greek Crisis, Ebola on Menu as IMF, World Bank Meet
A sluggish global economy, the Greek debt crisis and continuing fallout of the Ebola epidemic will take focus beginning today when top finance officials gather for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings.
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Barack Obama to Meet Liberian President on Ebola Recovery
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Ebola-ravaged Liberia will visit the White House on February 27, as her recovering nation embarks on an ambitious goal of reducing infections to zero.
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Ebola Reveals Shortcomings of African Solidarity
As Africa's leaders meet in Ethiopia to discuss the Ebola crisis, expectations of firm action will be tempered by criticism over the continent's poor record in the early stages of the epidemic.
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War, Ebola, Elections Top Agenda for African Union Summit
Conflict in Africa, especially the violence of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents, and efforts to stem Ebola will top the agenda as African leaders gather for their annual summit this week.
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Experts Meet in Geneva to Review Ebola Vaccines: WHO
Experts will gather in Geneva this week to review progress on possible vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Britain's Queen 'Worried Ebola Could Eclipse Malaria'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has voiced concerns that malaria risks being sidelined because of the focus on the Ebola virus, a medical professor said after meeting the monarch on Tuesday.
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World Health Organisation Elects Africa's Next Chief
As Ebola continues to burn its way through three West African countries, the World Health Organization on Wednesday elected its next Africa director, a doctor from Botswana who is a longtime veteran of the UN agency at a meeting in Benin.
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Bracing to Meet a Killer: Aid Workers in Geneva Prep for Ebola
Sweating behind fogged-up goggles, Thanh Dang meticulously follows each instruction as she peals away layers of protective clothing, stopping repeatedly to wash her double-gloved hands in chlorine disinfectant.
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Newly Released Texas Nurse Nina Pham Meets With Barack Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House.
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Government Holds High-Level Meeting to Assess Ebola Preparedness
The government today held a high-level meeting, via video conferencing, to assess the country's preparedness to tackle Ebola, with cases of people being infected by the dangerous virus being reported in more countries.
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Barack Obama Cancels Campaign Trip, Ebola Meeting Set at White House
President Barack Obama set aside a campaign trip on Wednesday to lead a meeting at the White House on the US government's response to the Ebola outbreak, a spokesman said.
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20 Times More Ebola Aid Needed: UN Chief Ban Ki-moon
The presidents of three Ebola-stricken West African nations sought an immediate outpouring of money, doctors and hospital beds, and representatives nations gathered at a World Bank meeting Thursday promised to send more aid quickly, including a pledge of medical evacuations for health care responders who catch the virus.
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5 Points On Marburg Virus And New Outbreak In African Country
The WHO held an emergency meeting after nine people died from the an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. It causes infection as deadly as Ebola, and the outbreak-hit province has been placed under quarantine.
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WHO To Hold Emergency Meeting After Ebola Spreads To Uganda
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a key emergency committee would meet following confirmation that an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo had spread to neighbouring Uganda.
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After Ebola, World Still Unprepared for Global Pandemic, Says Charity Group
The global health system is unable to handle another mass epidemic like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said, urging wealthy nations to develop coordinated response plans and drugs to fight neglected diseases.
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Slow Growth, Greek Crisis, Ebola on Menu as IMF, World Bank Meet
A sluggish global economy, the Greek debt crisis and continuing fallout of the Ebola epidemic will take focus beginning today when top finance officials gather for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings.
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Barack Obama to Meet Liberian President on Ebola Recovery
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Ebola-ravaged Liberia will visit the White House on February 27, as her recovering nation embarks on an ambitious goal of reducing infections to zero.
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Ebola Reveals Shortcomings of African Solidarity
As Africa's leaders meet in Ethiopia to discuss the Ebola crisis, expectations of firm action will be tempered by criticism over the continent's poor record in the early stages of the epidemic.
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War, Ebola, Elections Top Agenda for African Union Summit
Conflict in Africa, especially the violence of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents, and efforts to stem Ebola will top the agenda as African leaders gather for their annual summit this week.
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Experts Meet in Geneva to Review Ebola Vaccines: WHO
Experts will gather in Geneva this week to review progress on possible vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Britain's Queen 'Worried Ebola Could Eclipse Malaria'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has voiced concerns that malaria risks being sidelined because of the focus on the Ebola virus, a medical professor said after meeting the monarch on Tuesday.
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World Health Organisation Elects Africa's Next Chief
As Ebola continues to burn its way through three West African countries, the World Health Organization on Wednesday elected its next Africa director, a doctor from Botswana who is a longtime veteran of the UN agency at a meeting in Benin.
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Bracing to Meet a Killer: Aid Workers in Geneva Prep for Ebola
Sweating behind fogged-up goggles, Thanh Dang meticulously follows each instruction as she peals away layers of protective clothing, stopping repeatedly to wash her double-gloved hands in chlorine disinfectant.
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Newly Released Texas Nurse Nina Pham Meets With Barack Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House.
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Government Holds High-Level Meeting to Assess Ebola Preparedness
The government today held a high-level meeting, via video conferencing, to assess the country's preparedness to tackle Ebola, with cases of people being infected by the dangerous virus being reported in more countries.
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Barack Obama Cancels Campaign Trip, Ebola Meeting Set at White House
President Barack Obama set aside a campaign trip on Wednesday to lead a meeting at the White House on the US government's response to the Ebola outbreak, a spokesman said.
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20 Times More Ebola Aid Needed: UN Chief Ban Ki-moon
The presidents of three Ebola-stricken West African nations sought an immediate outpouring of money, doctors and hospital beds, and representatives nations gathered at a World Bank meeting Thursday promised to send more aid quickly, including a pledge of medical evacuations for health care responders who catch the virus.
