Tag: Doctors Without Borders
Lassa fever kills 101 persons – Doctors Without Borders
A humanitarian medical organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Saturday called for proactive vigilance in Nigeria against Lassa fever, as…
5,600 lead poison victims treated in Zamfara, Niger
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an International humanitarian Non Governmental Organization (NGO), said it had treated 5,600 victims of lead…
First Ebola treatment trials to start in west Africa
Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday it would launch clinical trials of three possible treatments for Ebola…
Ebola outbreak could take six months to control
The Ebola epidemic is moving faster than the authorities can handle and could take six months to bring under control,…
West Africa mobilises against Ebola virus
West African countries have mobilised against an epidemic of haemorrhagic fevers including Ebola, which has claimed more than 80 lives…
Lead Poisoning Kills 400 Children
Lead poisoning has killed more than 400 children under the age of five as a result of contamination from illegal…