Ebola
AS EBOLA OUTBREAK SLOWS, WORLD HEALTH BODY SHIFTS FOCUS
Feb. 8 (GIN) – For the first time since the end of June 2014, there have been fewer than 100 new cases of Ebola ...
UN BODY DEMANDS DEBT CANCELLATION FOR EBOLA-IMPACTED COUNTRIES
(GIN) – The U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is calling on multilateral institutions and governments to cancel the debts of Liberia, Sierra Leone ...
CUTS PUSHED BY FUNDER SPURRED EBOLA CRISIS IN WEST AFRICA – STUDY
Dec. 22 (GIN) – Spending cuts, pushed by an international lender, “weakened health care systems in the West African region”, leaving the countries “under-funded, ...
UK DYSFUNCTION SLOWS EBOLA CLEANUP, SIERRA LEONEANS SAY
Dec. 8 (GIN) – An investigative news report has confirmed suspicions among some Sierra Leoneans that the UK is failing to get a handle ...
U.S. DEMAND FOR EBOLA ‘MOON SUITS’ CREATES SHORTAGES IN AFRICA
Nov. 25 (GIN) – Aid agencies that use the iconic ‘moon suits’ – the odd-looking full-body outfits used in battling Ebola – are running ...
‘ZMAPP’ DRUG FAILS TO SAVE SIERRA LEONE DOCTOR FROM EBOLA
Nov. 17 (GIN) – One of the promising new drugs being tested against the deadly Ebola virus failed this week to save a surgeon ...
The Law And Quarantine In The Time Of Ebola
In Maine, a judge rejected Govenor LePage’s attempt to quarantine nurse Hickox Kaci Hickox, 33, had no Ebola symptoms. Yet, two Governors wanted her ...
Midterms: Democrats Lose Senate By Running Away From Obama’s Success
Democrats yelled “Barack Who” while Republicans yelled “ISIS” and “Ebola” and now Mitch McConnell is Senate Leader The biggest lesson from this midterm election ...
LIBERIAN WOMEN SAY ‘NO’ TO EBOLA MADNESS WITH VIDEOS ON TWITTER
Nov. 3 (GIN) – “I am a Liberian, not a virus.” That’s the loud and clear message of a campaign launched online by a ...
Don’t Worry, I Am Liberian And I Don’t Have Ebola
Nvaseki Konneh: Ebola-free like the millions of other Liberians, West Africans, and Africans in general Ebola stigmatization is real. I too have experienced it. ...
