Navigation section
international aid
-
NEWS Doctor treated at British-run Ebola military clinic in Sierra Leone dies
doctor who was being treated at an Ebola clinic run by British military medical staff in Sierra Leone has died. The death of Thomas Rogers at the clinic in Kerry Town on Friday brings the number of doctors in Sierra Leone who have been killed by the deadly virus to eight. He had worked at...- whoosh
- Thread
- british army clinic connaught hospital death doctor ebola health care health crisis humanitarian infection international aid medical response medical staff military outbreak save the children sierra leone treatment centre virus
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Water Cooler
-
NEWS Ebola Death Toll up, Sierra Leone Needs More Beds
Ebola has sickened more than 16,000 people of whom nearly 7,000 have died, according to figures released by the Link Removed Friday. Sierra Leone is now bearing the brunt of the 8-month-old outbreak. In the other hard-hit countries, Liberia and Guinea, WHO says infection rates are stabilizing or...- whoosh
- Thread
- bed capacity death toll disease control ebola emergency response epidemic freetown government response guinea health infrastructure healthcare infection rates international aid liberia outbreak port loko public health sierra leone treatment beds who
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Water Cooler
-
NEWS Only eleven Ebola patients in British hospital in Sierra Leone
Britain’s flagship facility in Sierra Leone has treated just 28 patients so far, despite £230million investment to fight disease. The Department for International Development has put £230million towards helping Sierra Leone fight Ebola, but only 28 people have been treated in the new facility...- whoosh
- Thread
- british response charity community health crisis management criticism dfid disease management ebola healthcare infection control international aid investment patient care public health save the children sierra leone treatment
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Water Cooler
-
NEWS Ebola ‘may have reached turning point’
The Ebola epidemic in west Africa may have reached a turning point, according to the director of the Wellcome Trust, which is funding an unprecedented series of fast-tracked trials of vaccines and drugs against the disease. Writing in the Guardian, Dr Jeremy Farrar says that although there are...- whoosh
- Thread
- clinical trials community action disease control drugs ebola epidemic global health health care hope infection international aid medical research mortality preliminary progress public health transmission turning point vaccines wellcome trust west africa
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Water Cooler
-
Chernoby Today / Japan and exclusion zones .
A make-shift cover -- the 'Sarcophagus' -- was built in six months after the explosion. It covers the stricken reactor to protect the environment from radiation for at least 30 years. This has now developed cracks, triggering an international effort to fund a new encasement. * Ukraine is seeking...- whoosh
- Thread
- chernobyl cracks crisis disaster dismantling engineering environment exclusion zones funding health international aid japan population radiation reactor safety sarcophagus space ukraine union
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Water Cooler