By James Gallagher BBC Ebola virus genetics The only clinical trial data on the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp shows it is 100% effective in monkey studies, even in later stages of the infection. The researchers, publishing their data in Nature, said it was a “very important step forward”. Yet the limited supplies will not help
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Officials plan to build extra public conveniences in Addis Ababa, which has just 63 loos for its 3 million inhabitant. The Guardian David Smith in Addis Ababa Community toilets in Addis Ababa typically consist of a hole in the floor. Addis Ababa has more than 3 million people, but there are just 63 public toilets.
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BBC More than 240 health workers have been infected with Ebola in West Africa Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola death outside Lagos – a doctor in the oil hub of Port Harcourt. A further 70 people are under surveillance in the city, while his wife has been put under quarantine. He died last Friday
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Ch-aviation ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) has suspended its flights to the Guinean capital, Conakry, effective immediately. In a statement, the Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) subsidiary said the worsening Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa had forced the airline to take drastic action. “The Ebola virus continues to spread in the sub-region forcing many states in Africa to close their air
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ORBIS Today we launch our Vision for Ethiopia appeal, a special appeal to help eliminate avoidable blindness in Ethiopia, which has one of the highest rates of vision loss in the world. One of the conditions the appeal will raise money to tackle is trachoma which was wiped out in the UK 60 years ago, but is still
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BBC Medecins Sans Frontieres says the outbreak will take at least six months to bring under control Kenyan officials say the country is closing its borders to travellers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. Kenya’s health secretary said Kenyans and medical workers flying in from those states would
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African Spotlight An experimental drug for treatment of Ebola has been provided by a Nigerian in diaspora and will arrive the country today, the minister for health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. The drug, called “Nanosilver”, can now be used following the approval by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that experimental treatments are ethical in the
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By Amy Walters NPR When you sign up for a reporting fellowship to learn about the health of newborns in Ethiopia you expect things to be a little different from what you’re used to in the U.S. To be perfectly honest, a little worse. But, Ethiopia actually surprised me, even before I took off. I
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GE PRESS RELEASE GE Announces Commitments to Improve Cancer Care in Ethiopia GE announces support of Bush Institute’s Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon via collaborations with PEPFAR and the Ethiopian-American Doctors GroupGE’s US$500,000 commitment jumpstarts work on advanced cancer center and training to improve cancer careCancer programs form part of GE’s ongoing commitment to serving as
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BBC The current outbreak is the deadliest since Ebola was discovered in 1976 The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a “high-risk” country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO official said. This is
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