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Ebola Outbreak In Guinea Is Over: World Health Organisation
The UN's health agency today declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse.
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Health Troubles Persist For Ebola Survivors: Study
The lucky ones who survive Ebola may suffer potentially blinding vision problems, hearing loss and joint pain for months afterwards, medical experts reported on today.
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Sierra Leone Lifts Last Major Ebola Quarantine as Cases Recede
Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expressed confidence that the country would soon be free of the virus.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free
The UN health agency on Saturday declared Liberia Ebola-free, hailing the "monumental" achievement in the west African country where the virus has killed more than 4,700 people.
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Nearly Beaten in Sierra Leone, Ebola Makes Comeback by Sea
Public health experts preparing for an international conference on Ebola on Tuesday seem to have no doubt that the disease can be vanquished in the West African countries ravaged by it in the last year.
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Schools Reopen as Liberia Turns Page on Ebola Epidemic
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country began to turn the page on the crisis.
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Ebola Cases on Rise for First Time This Year, Says World Health Organisation
The number of new weekly Ebola cases rose for first time in 2015 in all three of the hard-hit countries of West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone's Schools to Reopen on March 30
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it would reopen the country's schools on March 30, after a seven-month shutdown to limit the spread of the Ebola virus.
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Only 40 Per Cent of Ebola Funds Reached Target Countries: Study
Almost $2.9 billion was pledged by the end of 2014 in donations to fight West Africa's Ebola epidemic, yet only around 40 per cent had actually reached affected countries, researchers said on Tuesday.
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5 Ebola Cases Left in Liberia: Government
Liberia, once the epicentre of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on Friday, highlighting the country's success in halting new infections.
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Ebola Spread Slowing in Hard-Hit Countries: WHO
The World Health Organization expressed optimism Thursday after fresh figures showed the three west African countries ravaged by Ebola had all seen a clear drop in new cases of the deadly virus.
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Tens of Thousands to Test Ebola Vaccines in Affected Countries: WHO
Human tests of two possible Ebola vaccines have proven safe and now tests to measure their efficiency will begin within weeks in the three west African countries ravaged by the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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UN Ebola Team Leaders to Visit West Africa Starting Monday
The UN Ebola chief will be taking the new head of the UN's mission to fight the deadly disease on a tour of the most affected countries in West Africa starting Monday.
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Death Toll in Ebola Outbreak Rises to 7,573: WHO
The death toll from Ebola in the three West Africa countries hardest hit by the epidemic has risen to 7,573 out of 19,463 confirmed cases recorded there to date, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
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Ebola Outbreak In Guinea Is Over: World Health Organisation
The UN's health agency today declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse.
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Health Troubles Persist For Ebola Survivors: Study
The lucky ones who survive Ebola may suffer potentially blinding vision problems, hearing loss and joint pain for months afterwards, medical experts reported on today.
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Sierra Leone Lifts Last Major Ebola Quarantine as Cases Recede
Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expressed confidence that the country would soon be free of the virus.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free
The UN health agency on Saturday declared Liberia Ebola-free, hailing the "monumental" achievement in the west African country where the virus has killed more than 4,700 people.
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Nearly Beaten in Sierra Leone, Ebola Makes Comeback by Sea
Public health experts preparing for an international conference on Ebola on Tuesday seem to have no doubt that the disease can be vanquished in the West African countries ravaged by it in the last year.
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Schools Reopen as Liberia Turns Page on Ebola Epidemic
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country began to turn the page on the crisis.
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Ebola Cases on Rise for First Time This Year, Says World Health Organisation
The number of new weekly Ebola cases rose for first time in 2015 in all three of the hard-hit countries of West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone's Schools to Reopen on March 30
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it would reopen the country's schools on March 30, after a seven-month shutdown to limit the spread of the Ebola virus.
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Only 40 Per Cent of Ebola Funds Reached Target Countries: Study
Almost $2.9 billion was pledged by the end of 2014 in donations to fight West Africa's Ebola epidemic, yet only around 40 per cent had actually reached affected countries, researchers said on Tuesday.
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5 Ebola Cases Left in Liberia: Government
Liberia, once the epicentre of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on Friday, highlighting the country's success in halting new infections.
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Ebola Spread Slowing in Hard-Hit Countries: WHO
The World Health Organization expressed optimism Thursday after fresh figures showed the three west African countries ravaged by Ebola had all seen a clear drop in new cases of the deadly virus.
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Tens of Thousands to Test Ebola Vaccines in Affected Countries: WHO
Human tests of two possible Ebola vaccines have proven safe and now tests to measure their efficiency will begin within weeks in the three west African countries ravaged by the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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UN Ebola Team Leaders to Visit West Africa Starting Monday
The UN Ebola chief will be taking the new head of the UN's mission to fight the deadly disease on a tour of the most affected countries in West Africa starting Monday.
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Death Toll in Ebola Outbreak Rises to 7,573: WHO
The death toll from Ebola in the three West Africa countries hardest hit by the epidemic has risen to 7,573 out of 19,463 confirmed cases recorded there to date, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
