VIDEO: Ebola: The scale of the challenge

The fight against the deadly Ebola virus is shaping up to be one of the greatest challenges modern medicine has faced in many years. The BBC takes a look at the scale of the challenge.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

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VIDEO: The challenge of tackling Ebola

Scientists have been aware of Ebola since the mid-1970s, but so far no vaccine or cure has been developed.

 

5 years ago

The Guardian

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Cruise firms face 'off-the-scale' challenge in wake of coronavirus

Cruise firms face 'off-the-scale' challenge in wake of coronavirus  The Guardian

 

10 years ago

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Ebola challenge 'biggest since Aids'

The public health challenge posed by West Africa's Ebola outbreak is unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids, a top US medical official says.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: Nigeria kidnap: The scale of rescue

"Concerted international help" will be needed to find the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls reports John Simpson, who witnesses the scale of the problem on the ground in Borno state.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: SA's small-scale fishing threat

As small-scale fishing on South-Africa's west coast declines, fishermen in Saldanha Bay are concerned their way of life may disappear entirely.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: 'Killing on a huge scale' in Nigeria

Human rights group Amnesty International says witnesses have spoken of killing ''on a huge scale'' in Nigerian towns attacked by Boko Haram.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: 'Massive scale ethnic cleansing' in CAR

The Central African Republic is ravaged by what some human rights groups are calling ethnic cleansing. Tim Whewell reports.

 

9 years ago

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VIDEO: Zimbabwe's cotton challenge

Low cotton prices are forcing small scale Zimbabwean farmers to grow other crops.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Uganda's challenge to Mickey Mouse

Ugandan animators hope their cartoon character, Katoto, can challenge the global might of Mickey Mouse.

 

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