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World Bank Warns of Rising Maternal Deaths Post-Ebola
The World Bank warned Wednesday that the loss of health care workers amid the Ebola epidemic in western Africa could increase women's deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Ebola Likely to Persist in 2015 as Communities Resist Aid: Red Cross
West Africa will be lucky to wipe out Ebola this year, as the local population remains suspicious of aid workers, especially in Guinea, the Red Cross said on today.
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Cash Crunch, Rains Could Thwart Ebola Efforts in West Africa: WHO
Halting the spread of Ebola in West Africa will depend on mobilising funds and aid workers before the rainy season hits in April-May, otherwise it could up to take a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
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Cuban Health Worker in Africa to Fight Ebola Dies of Malaria
A Cuban health worker sent to Sierra Leone as part of a team to help fight Ebola has died of malaria.
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US Healthcare Worker Under Watch After Ebola Exposure
An American healthcare worker who has been in Sierra Leone will be placed under close observation at a Nebraska hospital after high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus, doctors said on Saturday.
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New Suit for Ebola Workers Promises More Comfort, Safety
For health care workers on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, risking their lives in stifling protective suits, relief could soon be on the way.
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US Quarantine Moves Hurting Ebola Response in Africa: Harvard
Moves by some US states to isolate medical workers returning from fighting Ebola in West Africa could worsen the global health crisis by discouraging badly needed new volunteers, according to health experts at Harvard University.
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Ebola Nurse to be Advocate for Health Workers
A Maine nurse who battled officials over her quarantine after she returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa says she'll continue speaking out on behalf of public health workers.
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Americans Strongly Back Quarantine for Returning Ebola Health Workers
Nearly 75 per cent of Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll believe medics returning to the United States after treating people with Ebola should be quarantined, and 80 per cent believe the healthcare workers' movements should be controlled.
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US Quarantines 'Chilling' Ebola Fight in West Africa
Mandatory quarantines ordered by some US states for doctors and nurses returning from West Africa's Ebola outbreak are creating a "chilling effect" on aid work there, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.
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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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Nurse Defies Ebola Quarantine in US
A nurse who vowed to defy Maine's voluntary quarantine for health care workers who treated Ebola patients followed through on her promise on Thursday, leaving her home for a bike ride.
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5,000 Ebola Health Workers Needed in West Africa: World Bank President
The president of the World Bank says that Ebola-effected countries in West Africa need at least 5,000 more health workers to effectively fight the epidemic.
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Don't Let Quarantine Hysteria Deter Ebola Health Workers: UN
Governments must not deter health workers from coming to West Africa to fight Ebola and quarantine decisions should not be based on hysteria, the head of the UN mission battling the virus said on Monday.
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Government Outlines New York Policy for Ebola Quarantine
New York Government Andrew Cuomo on Sunday night fleshed out guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered two days earlier, bringing the state closer in line with federal protocols.
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World Bank Warns of Rising Maternal Deaths Post-Ebola
The World Bank warned Wednesday that the loss of health care workers amid the Ebola epidemic in western Africa could increase women's deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Ebola Likely to Persist in 2015 as Communities Resist Aid: Red Cross
West Africa will be lucky to wipe out Ebola this year, as the local population remains suspicious of aid workers, especially in Guinea, the Red Cross said on today.
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Cash Crunch, Rains Could Thwart Ebola Efforts in West Africa: WHO
Halting the spread of Ebola in West Africa will depend on mobilising funds and aid workers before the rainy season hits in April-May, otherwise it could up to take a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
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Cuban Health Worker in Africa to Fight Ebola Dies of Malaria
A Cuban health worker sent to Sierra Leone as part of a team to help fight Ebola has died of malaria.
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US Healthcare Worker Under Watch After Ebola Exposure
An American healthcare worker who has been in Sierra Leone will be placed under close observation at a Nebraska hospital after high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus, doctors said on Saturday.
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New Suit for Ebola Workers Promises More Comfort, Safety
For health care workers on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, risking their lives in stifling protective suits, relief could soon be on the way.
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US Quarantine Moves Hurting Ebola Response in Africa: Harvard
Moves by some US states to isolate medical workers returning from fighting Ebola in West Africa could worsen the global health crisis by discouraging badly needed new volunteers, according to health experts at Harvard University.
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Ebola Nurse to be Advocate for Health Workers
A Maine nurse who battled officials over her quarantine after she returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa says she'll continue speaking out on behalf of public health workers.
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Americans Strongly Back Quarantine for Returning Ebola Health Workers
Nearly 75 per cent of Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll believe medics returning to the United States after treating people with Ebola should be quarantined, and 80 per cent believe the healthcare workers' movements should be controlled.
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US Quarantines 'Chilling' Ebola Fight in West Africa
Mandatory quarantines ordered by some US states for doctors and nurses returning from West Africa's Ebola outbreak are creating a "chilling effect" on aid work there, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.
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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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Nurse Defies Ebola Quarantine in US
A nurse who vowed to defy Maine's voluntary quarantine for health care workers who treated Ebola patients followed through on her promise on Thursday, leaving her home for a bike ride.
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5,000 Ebola Health Workers Needed in West Africa: World Bank President
The president of the World Bank says that Ebola-effected countries in West Africa need at least 5,000 more health workers to effectively fight the epidemic.
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Don't Let Quarantine Hysteria Deter Ebola Health Workers: UN
Governments must not deter health workers from coming to West Africa to fight Ebola and quarantine decisions should not be based on hysteria, the head of the UN mission battling the virus said on Monday.
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Government Outlines New York Policy for Ebola Quarantine
New York Government Andrew Cuomo on Sunday night fleshed out guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered two days earlier, bringing the state closer in line with federal protocols.
