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New Ebola Outbreak in Africa Is a Major Test for the WHO [PDF]
, 2018 On May 8, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a confirmed outbreak of Ebola in Bikoro, on the shores of Lake Tumba in Équateur Province. Ebola in the DRC is not unexpected.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Testing Modeling Assumptions in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak [PDF]
, 2016 The Ebola virus in West Africa has infected almost 30,000 and killed over 11,000 people. Recent models of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have often made assumptions about how the disease spreads, such as uniform transmissibility and homogeneous mixing within ...
Burghardt, Keith +5 more
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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2021 Susannah H Mayhew,1 Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa,2 Kennedy Kihangi Bindu,3 Paul Richards,4 Cyrille Kiyungu,5 Dina Balabanova1 1Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; 2Bukavu Medical ...
Mayhew SH +5 more
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A Wake-Up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the World's Health Systems [PDF]
, 2015 The report ranks the world's poorest countries on the state of their public health systems, finding that 28 have weaker defenses in place than Sierra Leone where, alongside Liberia and Guinea, the current Ebola crisis has already claimed more than 9,500 ...
Luisa Hanna +2 more
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Ebola Model and Optimal Control with Vaccination Constraints
, 2017 The Ebola virus disease is a severe viral haemorrhagic fever syndrome caused by Ebola virus. This disease is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person and objects contaminated with virus or infected animals, with a death ...
Area, Ivan +4 more
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A dose-dependent plasma signature of the safety and immunogenicity of the rVSV-Ebola vaccine in Europe and Africa. [PDF]
, 2017 The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic affected several African countries, claiming more than 11,000 lives and leaving thousands with ongoing sequelae. Safe and effective vaccines could prevent or limit future outbreaks.
Agnandji, ST +17 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo +8 more
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Use of Aptamers as Diagnostics Tools and Antiviral Agents for Human Viruses
Pharmaceuticals, 2016 Appropriate diagnosis is the key factor for treatment of viral diseases. Time is the most important factor in rapidly developing and epidemiologically dangerous diseases, such as influenza, Ebola and SARS.
Víctor M. González +3 more
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Voices in Bioethics, 2020 Traditional medicine is the oldest form of health care delivery that has stood the test of time.[1] According to the WHO, a traditional healer is someone recognized by their community who uses natural materials and resources to provide health care ...
Sayantanee Das
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