Tag: WHO
Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases – WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of…
Ebola Could Strike 20,000 In Six Weeks — Study
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect 20,000 people as soon as early November unless rigorous infection control measures…
Ebola: Nigeria, Senegal get thumbs up from WHO
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the…
Obama To Outline Battle Plans Against Ebola
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the…
WHO Lauds Fashola On Ebola Fight
Global acknowledgement of the sterling leadership shown by the Lagos State Government and Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN in the containment of the…
Ebola death toll hits 2,400 – WHO
The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has now killed more than 2,400 people and infected twice that number, according to…
Ebola will savage W. African economies – WHO
The Ebola epidemic could slice more than three percentage points off economic growth in the worst-hit countries of West Africa,…
Ebola: Nigerians Stranded In S’Leone
Abubakar Hashim/Freetown with Agency report Scores of Nigerians are stranded in Sierra Leone following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease…
Ebola Threatening Liberia’s Existence, Minister Warns
Ebola is threatening the very existence of Liberia as the killer virus spreads like “wild fire”, the defence minister warned…
Sierra Leone plans three-day shutdown to stall Ebola
Sierra Leone is to enforce three days of “complete shutdown” across the country later this month in a bid to…
Sierra Leone aggrieved by Ebola outcast status
Sierra Leone’s footballers are motivated by a sense of betrayal by fellow Africans over the Ebola virus that has led…
Use Ebola survivors’ blood to treat patients – WHO
World Health Organization has announced that the blood of patients who recover from Ebola Virus Disease should be used to…
WHO ponders untested Ebola drugs
Health experts honed in Friday on a handful of unproven drugs they hope might turn the lethal tide of Ebola,…
A Clarion Call To Curb Ebola Spread
The terpid global response to the outbreak of Ebola in some West African countries is proof that indeed, some countries…
‘One Person Commits Suicide Every 40 Seconds’
One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, an avoidable tragedy that fails to grab attention because of taboos and stigma,…
Ebola could spread faster in Port Harcourt than Lagos – WHO
An Ebola outbreak in Nigeria’s oil producing hub of Port Harcourt could spread wider and faster than in Lagos, the…
Ebola kills 31 people in DR Congo – WHO
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 31 people and the epidemic remains…
Ebola cases could exceed 20,000 – WHO
The World Health Organization said Thursday it aimed to reverse the spread of Ebola within three months, but warned that…
Ebola death toll rises to 1,552, with 3,062 cases – WHO
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak tearing through West Africa has passed the 1,500 mark while the number of…
Ebola: Group sentisize women and drivers in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Call has gone to Nigerian women to be more cautious to prevent the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD…
WHO staffer with Ebola taken to Germany for treatment
A World Health Organization (WHO) employee who has contracted Ebola arrived in Germany Wednesday, the first patient with the virus…
WHO calls for ban on e-cigarette sales to minors
The World Health Organization called Tuesday on governments should ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, warning that they pose…
Japan ready to offer trial Ebola drug
Tokyo stands ready to offer an experimental drug developed by a Japanese company to help stem the global tide of…
Ebola death toll rises to 1,427 – WHO
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak sweeping through west African countries has risen to 1,427 out of more than…
Ebola Death Toll Passes 1,200
Cases in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Ebola: WHO against the travel ban – CAF
The Confederation of African Football has said that World Health Organization (WHO) “does not recommend a ban on travel to…
Ebola kills 84 in three days – UN
The Ebola virus killed 84 people in just three days, bringing the global death toll to 1,229, the World Health…
How Ebola Crisis Could Be Contained
By Mohammed M. Youssouf Following the death of more than 900 people in West Africa from the worst outbreak of…
Ebola vastly underestimated – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, expressed concern over the “vastly underestimated” scale of the Ebola outbreak as the…
WHO lauds FG’s response to Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday commended the Federal Government’s response to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in…