Ebola epidemic stirs panic at global level

The Chairman of the High Level Panel on The Global Response to Health Crisis President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, The Un Secretary General Ban Ki Moon(Third Left) pose fro a group Photo with other panel members at the UN Headquarters in New York this afternoon. Other panel members in the picture from left are, Marty Natalegawa(Indonesia), Micheline Calmy Rey(Switzeland) fourth left,Celso Amorim from Brazil(second right) and Rajiv Shah(right). On April this year the UN Secretary General Ban Ki...

Too often, the conventional wisdom in diplomatic or scientific circles is that the general public doesn’t know what’s good for them when it comes to foreign policy or tackling global threats. It’s too complicated, the experts say; the public wouldn’t understand. Yet new polling suggests that many in the public understand very well how global infectious disease outbreaks pose a serious threat to their lives and economic security – and they know what should...

>The United Nations health agency said on Thursday it expected the worst Ebola outbreak in history to continue its deadly rampage through West Africa for at least “several months”.

>An independent panel described the response of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as “delayed” and “inadequate,” so what systemic changes need to be made to ensure future crises are handled better?

Five ways to break the deadly epidemic

The death of Salome Richard, 17, who passed away while undergoing treatment at Sengerema District Hospital at the weekend has been marred by controversy following unconfirmed reports that she died of Ebola.

WHO Warns It is Running Out of Money to Tackle Ebola Epidemic in DRC  Voice of America

Mara Regional medical officer, Dr Samson Winani, has relieved residents of Butiama District of their growing fear over rumours that their area has been hit by Ebola.

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