Hospital and Medical News

April 07, 2014

West Africa mobilises against Ebola epidemic
Bamako (AFP) April 04, 2014
West African countries mobilised Friday against an epidemic of haemorrhagic fevers including Ebola, which has claimed more than 80 lives in Guinea with more suspected cases in Mali, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Guinea is the worst affected country with 86 deaths, 45 of them confirmed as Ebola - a highly contagious disease that leads to external and internal bleeding and kills up to 90 percent of patients in its most virulent strain. Mali on Thursday became the latest of Guinea's neighbours to anno ... read more

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