Ebola vaccines for Guinea and the world: photos
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, visited some of the communities who participated in the vaccine trial in the city of Conakry. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Leaders gather in Guinea to celebrate Ebola vaccine successes
“The world is far better prepared for another Ebola outbreak,” said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, today at a celebratory event to recognize the Governments and people of the three most-affected countries for their contribution to the control of the Ebola ou tbreak in 2014-15. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Beyond Ebola, keeping patients and health workers safe
WHO helped constructing a permanent triage room at the Coléah Medical Centre, Guinea to separate, screen and care for suspected Ebola cases before they were transferred to an Ebola care centre. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Liberia and Guinea discharge final Ebola patients in latest flare-up and begin 42 days of heightened surveillance
Liberia’s and Guinea’s last known Ebola patients in the latest flare-up of the disease that hit both countries have now been discharged. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Looking, hopefully, towards an Ebola-free future
Experts from WHO and other partner organizations comment on the future of the VSV-EBOV vaccine. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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WHO coordinating vaccination of contacts to contain Ebola flare-up in Guinea
Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals infected with Ebola virus in Guinea have been vaccinated with the experimental Ebola vaccine. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola Then and Now - Daniel Bausch
There may be up to 17,000 people who have survived Ebola virus disease, and who have medical problems, like persistent pains in the joints, also social problems and stigmatization. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Sierra Leone awards for Ebola fighters
The work of WHO Ebola fighters, many of whom have spent more than a year working to stop the outbreak, was recognized by His Excellency, the President of Sierra Leone this weekend in a special ceremony. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola: Quarantine period ends in Liberia
Ebola quarantine period ended for families living in the community in Montserrado County. If Liberia reports no more new cases, the country will be declared free of Ebola transmission on 15 January 2016. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola Then and Now - Margaret Harris
I was in Sierra Leone at the end of September 2014 when the Ebola outbreak had come roaring to Freetown. People understood that they needed to get help, but the hospitals, the Ebola treatment units, everything was overwhelmed. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola: Then and Now - Ian Norton
At this time last year, the lack of Ebola treatment capacity and isolation facilities was hampering the rest of the response. We only had a few brave teams from MSF, Emergency, and the Red Cross. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola: Then and Now - Chris Dye
At that point, even 1 more month of epidemic growth would have generated thousands of Ebola cases per week. Luckily it didn’t happen. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola: Then and Now - Suvi Peltoniemi
There was so much fear. It didn’t matter whether we were talking about senior experts or experts with less experience, fear was the common denominator. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola Then and Now - David Nabarro
Over the months, I watched how the world responded. The world turned from disbelief to concern, to action, to total involvement. The Ebola outbreak became the business of so many people. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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Ebola: Then and Now - Saffea Gborie
Now that the outbreak is almost over, it is a great relief to see life going back to normal because then I wouldn’t dare shake the hand of a friend but now, I will give them a hug. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
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