The current Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in Western African countries has, according to many epidemiologists, only advanced to this stage because of an ineffective and far too slow response. Many experts believe that the outbreak that could have been easily controlled, but, because of hesitations, it has now become an all-out epidemic and will cause the deaths of thousands despite a full … [Read more...]
Aid Groups Ask World Leaders for Faster Ebola Response
New forecasts revealed on Tuesday suggest that every 30-day delay in the isolation of an Ebola patient will result in the tripling of daily cases of the hemorrhagic fever epidemic that is decimating the populations of West African countries. World leaders are gathering this week in New York for the annual United Nations meeting and U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has called for a special … [Read more...]
WHO Warns that Ebola Cases Could Reach 20,000 by November
A World Health Organization report suggests that the number of current Ebola cases in West Africa could quadruple to over 20,000 by November if monumental efforts aren’t made to hinder the transmission of the hemorrhagic fever. According to the researchers who published the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the West African outbreak could become an endemic among the countries … [Read more...]