World Health Organization Confirm Ebola is Back as Woman Dies in Liberia
The deadly virus has once again emerged in Liberia, the country hardest hit by the most recent outbreak. The latest case comes amid a new flare-up in Guinea, where over a thousand contacts are being monitored. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed a new “positive case” of Ebola days after it declared the […]
Sierra Leone Population Is Now Over Seven Million
Statistics Sierra Leone yesterday released the provisional census result for the 2015 Population and Housing Census, which revealed that the population of Sierra Leone has increased from 4 million in 2004 to 7,075,641, with 49.1% men and 50.9% women. The result, which was launched at Miatta Conference Hall by President Ernest Bai Koroma, was compiled […]
Liberia Closes Borders As Ebola Resurfaces in Guinea
Liberia’s borders with neighboring Guinea have, again, been ordered closed with immediate effect. The Government of Liberia, through its Minister of Information, Lenn Eugene Nagbe, said the borders will remain closed until the current outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea is dealt with by the authorities there. Minister Nagbe told an UNMIL Radio […]
Liberia is ‘Pulling Together’ After Ebola Says Commerce Minister
When Axel Addy was tapped by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become Liberia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry three years ago, after almost a year as deputy minister, the country’s economy was growing and recovery from 25 years of conflict and civil war seemed to be on track. Addy, who has a BA from California […]
Most of Liberia’s Ebola survivors suffer from brain problems
Most Ebola survivors continue to suffer from brain impairments months after their initial infection, a study in Liberia reveals. The study shows that the Ebola virus “penetrates into the brain and causes lasting symptoms”, says neurologist Lauren Bowen from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in the United States. Bowen and her […]
British Nurse,Pauline Cafferkey who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is sick again
EBOLA nurse Pauline Cafferkey was flown on an RAF Hercules to a specialist hospital in London after falling ill with the virus for the third time.Ms Cafferkey was originally infected while working in Sierra Leone in December 2014 and spent almost a month in an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. She […]
Sierra Leone has been declared officially Ebola free
Sierra Leone has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation, prompting nationwide celebrations tinged with sadness over the 4,000 lives the virus claimed. Freetown was transformed into a giant carnival on Friday night as ecstatic crowds took to the streets of the capital in an outpouring of emotion. Relief that the 17-month […]
New Ebola Cases Reported In Guinea
TWO people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent end to the worst recorded outbreak of the disease after a two-week spell without any new cases across West Africa. The new cases mean the epidemic, which began when a 2-year-old boy who fell […]
Ebola Virus Can Survive In the Eye, Semen, Breast Milk For 9 Months
The Ebola virus can persist in the eye, semen, the placenta, breast milk and central nervous system of survivors of the disease for as long as 9 and a half months, according to a new study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO). A preliminary study on Ebola virus persistence in the semen of male […]
Earlier Bed Delivery Could Have Halved Sierra Leone Ebola Outbreak
Supplying beds for Ebola patients to health facilities in Sierra Leone saved tens of thousands of lives by isolating patients, but providing them just one month earlier could have halved the number of reported cases, researchers said on Monday. The delivery of nearly 3,000 beds by Britain, Sierra Leone and aid agencies between September 2014 […]
