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  • Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus out of a garage on 10 September, 2014 in a district of Monrovia. Picture: AFP

    Ebola: Liberia begs Obama for help

    The outbreak, which was first discovered in March, has now killed more than 2,400 people mostly in Liberia.

    2410 days ago
  • FILE: Medical workers of the Liberian Red Cross, wearing a protective suit, carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in a bag on 4 September, 2014 in the small city of Banjol, 30 kilometres of Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Zim prisons refuse suspects from Ebola-hit countries

    Prison officials say they don’t have the protective clothing or the training to deal with cases of Ebola.

    2412 days ago
  • FILE: A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma's hospital during a simulation, on 14 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Cuba to send 165 health workers to fight Ebola

    The staff will include doctors, nurses, specialists in infection control and intensive care specialists.

    2413 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in a district of Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    IMF: Ebola will hit West Africa economic growth

    The IMF said economic growth in Sierra Leona was likely to fall to 8 percent from 11.3 percent this year.

    2413 days ago
  • FILE: A worker inside the high-risk quarantined zone of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 5 September, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia urges more international help fighting Ebola

    The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has hit at least 2,296 across West Africa.

    2415 days ago
  • FILE: A nurse wears protective clothing as he demonstrates the facilities in place at the Royal Free Hospital in north London on 6 August, 2014, in preparation for a patient testing positive for the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP.

    WHO: Ebola death toll rises to at least 2,296

    The WHO said it had recorded 4,293 cases in five West African countries as of 6 September.

    2415 days ago
  • FILE: Medical workers of the Liberian Red Cross, wearing a protective suit, carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in a bag on 4 September, 2014 in the small city of Banjol, 30 kilometres of Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola map shows more regions at risk of infection from animals

    Scientists have created a new map of places most at risk of an Ebola outbreak.

    2416 days ago
  • A worker in a Personal Protection Equipment suit (PPE) uses a stick to move garbage inside the high-risk quarantined zone of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 5 September,2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN to set up Ebola crisis centre

    Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to provide $600 million for supplies in West Africa.

    2419 days ago
  • Medical workers of the Liberian Red Cross, wearing a protective suit, carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus in a bag on 4 September, 2014 in the small city of Banjol, 30 kilometres of Monrovia. Picture: AFP.

    SADC taking precautionary measures to halt Ebola

    SADC health ministers are holding a two-day emergency meeting to find solutions.

    2419 days ago
  • FILE: A staff member of the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse wearing protective gear to enter a treatment room. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria monitors 400 contacts of doctor who died of Ebola

    Before his death, the doctor carried on treating patients and met scores of friends, relatives and medics.

    2420 days ago
  • Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that South Africa has banned travel for non-citizens to Ebola hit countries. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Motsoaledi: SA ready to combat Ebola

    Aaron Motsoaledi says 11 hospitals have been designated to deal with any Ebola case in South Africa.

    2421 days ago
  • Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: Sapa.

    'Ebola likely to enter SA through OR Tambo'

    Aaron Motsoaledi was responding to questions from MPs in the National Assembly this afternoon.

    2421 days ago
  • FILE: A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma's hospital during a simulation, on 14 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    MSF calls for greater global response to fight Ebola

    MSF says biological disaster response teams are needed to support West Africa’s buckling healthcare systems.

    2422 days ago
  • FILE: An MSF medical worker feeds an Ebola child victim at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on 15 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola threatens food security

    Restrictions on people’s movements to contain the spread of the disease have led to food shortages.

    2423 days ago
  • FILE: Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the French NGO MSF's Elwa hospital in Monrovia on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola: Liberian nurses go on strike

    Nurses in Liberia’s largest hospital want better pay and equipment to protect themselves against Ebola.

    2423 days ago
  • FILE: Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the French NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders) Elwa hospital in Monrovia, on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola health workers ‘should get danger money’

    An international health expert says health workers fighting Ebola should get incentives including better pay.

    2423 days ago
  • FILE: The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,552 people out of 3,069 known cases in four countries. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola death toll tops 1,550

    The epidemic in West Africa has killed nearly as many people as all the previous known outbreaks combined.

    2428 days ago
  • FILE: A man prepares to take off his protective suit at Biankouma's hospital during a simulation, on 14 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola causing huge damage to West African economies

    The outbreak of the virus is draining budgetary resources and slashing economic growth by up to 4 percent.

    2428 days ago
  • FILE: A girl suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus has her temperature checked at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on 16 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Indian MPs cancel SA trip fearing Ebola

    The delegation was due to meet the president and Baleka Mbete in what was to be a week-long visit.

    2430 days ago
  • FILE: Experts deployed to Sierra Leone says food and other supplies are depleting. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola: More challenges for SA team in Sierra Leone

    Experts deployed to Sierra Leone says food and other supplies are depleting.

    2430 days ago
  • FILE: An agent of the national public health institute poses with a thermometer at the airport in Abidjan on 12 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    SA Ebola team facing challenges in W.Africa

    The four-member team from the NICD has set up a diagnostic lab in Sierra Leone.

    2430 days ago
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