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Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease could be as high as 90 per cent.
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UN peacekeepers repel attack from militia in Beni, just metres from emergency treatment centre.
UN peacekeepers repel attack from militia in Beni, just metres from emergency treatment centre.
The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee to decide whether Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as confirmed cases and deaths from the virus spiral.
The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee to decide whether Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as confirmed cases and deaths from the virus spiral.
Amid the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we look at seven of the most deadly infections humans can catch and how they’re transmitted and treated.
Amid the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we look at seven of the most deadly infections humans can catch and how they’re transmitted and treated.
The battle to contain the disease will be costly and complex as it spreads in refugee camps and cities in northwestern Congo.
The battle to contain the disease will be costly and complex as it spreads in refugee camps and cities in northwestern Congo.
“As precautionary measures, people should refrain from eating bats”
“As precautionary measures, people should refrain from eating bats”
Exercise simulated a global health disaster with fictional elements to force government officials and experts to make the kinds of key decisions they could face in a real pandemic
Exercise simulated a global health disaster with fictional elements to force government officials and experts to make the kinds of key decisions they could face in a real pandemic
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