It had begun to look as if the authorities in the Congo, and the international medical teams, had started to get on top of the big Ebola outbreak there. Sadly, their progress has just come to a grinding halt. Three health workers were killed when Mai-Mai fighters attacked a center run by the United Nations… Continue reading Ebola: just when things were looking up, the killing starts again
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“The airplanes that rescue Ebola patients”
That’s the title of a very interesting article in Popular Mechanics. It’s a long article with a lot of detail, far too much to include here; but I’ll post a series of short excerpts to give you an idea. … two humanitarian medical workers helping out with the Ebola crisis in Liberia had come down… Continue reading “The airplanes that rescue Ebola patients”
Ebola – are officials concealing its spread?
In a July article about the Ebola crisis in Congo, I wrote: Officials in surrounding countries are terrified of admitting to Ebola cases on their territory, because they may bring with them restrictions on travel, trade, and all sorts of things that may affect their economies – and, consequently, the graft, bribery and corruption they… Continue reading Ebola – are officials concealing its spread?
Ebola: just like I’ve been sayin’…
Strategy Page brings us the latest on the Ebola epidemic in the Congo. I’ve bolded and underlined a few key sentences that reinforce what I’ve been saying for months. In early August Congolese government health officials publicly stated what everyone suspected: many doctors and health care workers believe the medical relief effort is identifying only… Continue reading Ebola: just like I’ve been sayin’…
Ebola: new drugs show promise, but we’re not out of the woods yet
I’m encouraged to hear that two new drugs to treat Ebola are showing promise, but the process of testing them has been fraught with difficulty – and bloodshed. Nature reports: The race to develop treatments for Ebola has accelerated since the largest epidemic in history devastated West Africa between 2014 and 2016. Scientists responding to… Continue reading Ebola: new drugs show promise, but we’re not out of the woods yet
Ebola is now a global health emergency – for the second time
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2013-16 was declared a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” by the World Health Organization, one of only five such events in history that have been officially given that title. I don’t know that the declaration did much in practical terms, apart from give warm fuzzies to the… Continue reading Ebola is now a global health emergency – for the second time
Ebola: the latest developments
I’ve warned often enough about the dangers of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo. Aesop, over at Raconteur Report, has done the same. I don’t see any point in doing so again – if people haven’t listened before, they won’t listen now. Instead, I’ll just point out that events are proceeding almost exactly as Aesop… Continue reading Ebola: the latest developments