ebola crisis

  1. NEWS Ebola crisis: Struggling to change behaviour in Sierra Leone

    For weeks it has been the same here in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. Every day the Ebola burial teams - now well organised and promptly dispatched - collect about 60 bodies from around the city and its crowded suburbs. Some days it is 50, sometimes as many as 80. About 20% of those bodies...
  2. VIDEO 'Goggle camera' records Ebola crisis

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  3. NEWS Outrage over 'ignorant' Band Aid 30 Ebola lyrics

    'WHERE A kiss of love can kill you,' is just one of the new lines added to Sir Bob Geldof's charity anthem Do They Know It's Christmas to help raise funds to fight Ebola, and has caused widespread outrage across social media. The former Boomtown Rats lead singer, has once again brought together...
  4. VIDEO On Ebola, As Sierra Leone Jails Journalist for Reporting, What Will UN Do? Rights Up Front?

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  5. NEWS Ebola intensifies the struggle to cope with Lassa fever

    The peak season for Lassa fever in West Africa is about to begin. The viral haemorrhagic fever has been largely forgotten in the Ebola crisis, and health workers are warning that they may not have the resources to deal with the disease if cases increase. At first sight the symptoms of Lassa are...