2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 Nigeria Health

  BBC News   
Ebola in the time of insurgency  BusinessDay
The outbreak of terrorism in northeast Nigeria is a tempting metaphor for the outbreak of the Ebola virus. David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert, uses this analogy between medicine and insurgency in a 2009 paper Terrain, Tribes ...

Ebola crisis: Five top tips to avoid the deadly virus   BBC News
Deadly ebola now confused with aids   The Swazi Observer
PM Prayuth orders heightened vigilance against Ebola scare   Thailand National News Bureau
Nigerian Tribune   
DigiNews   
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  Leadership Newspapers   
Nigeria Can Eradicate Ebola By September – NCDC  Leadership Newspapers
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria can eradicate the deadly Ebola epidemic from the country by September if it sustains its current efforts at tackling the disease. This was disclosed by the project director of the centre, Prof.

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  CTV News   
Canadian lab workers pulled from Sierra Leone over Ebola fears  CTV News
TORONTO -- Canada is evacuating its three-member mobile laboratory team from Sierra Leone after people in their hotel complex tested positive for Ebola. The Public Health Agency of Canada says the Canadians had no contact with the sick individuals and ...

Ebola toll shows up crisis of governing in Africa   BDlive
WHO Moves Team in Sierra Leone After a Medical Worker Contracts Ebola   New York Times
Canada to pull lab team helping combat Ebola in Sierra Leone   The Globe and Mail
Los Angeles Times   
Voice of America   
Huffington Post   
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  The Punch   
Seton symbolically breaks ground for new teaching hospital  Austin American-Statesman
Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday. Speakers included patient Daniel Curtis, who spoke positively about his experiences as a patient throughout the Seton family of hospitals. View Larger.
Court Restrains FG, CMDs from Sacking Resident Doctors   THISDAY Live
Court Stops FG From Sacking Resident Doctors   Vanguard
Court Restrains FG From Sacking Resident Doctors   AllAfrica.com
Daily Sun   
Nigerian Tribune   
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  CHANNELS   
NMA Strike: Lawmakers Tell Doctors To Apologise To Nigerians  CHANNELS
resident doctors2 The Health Committee of the House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to apologise to Nigerians over the “unpatriotic” strike embarked upon by medical doctors. The NMA had on July 1, 2014, proceeded ...

Low Turnout in Hospitals As Doctors Suspend Strike   AllAfrica.com
New Salary Structure for Nigerian Doctors Takes off January 2015   Nigerian Bulletin
House Wants NMA to Apologise to Nigerians for Strike   THISDAY Live
Leadership Newspapers   
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  Channel News Asia   
E-cigarettes not a proven way to quit smoking, global and local authorities agree  Channel News Asia
Citing a World Health Organisation study, Singapore's Ministry of Health says there have been no applications to register electronic nicotine delivery systems as smoking cessation therapy. PHOTOS. Photo of a woman smoking an electronic cigarette.
E-cigarettes should be regulated and sales restricted, WHO says   Los Angeles Times
Health experts demand curb on the sale of e-cigarettes   Herald Scotland
World Health Organization Wants More E-Cigarette Regulation   PNC Voice
iStreet Research   
New York Times   
Concord Monitor   
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Ebola-Killing Robots Deployed to Liberia  Newsmax Health
Two robotic devices that can disinfect a room by flooding it with a special kind of light have been sent from the U.S. to Liberia to help in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. The robots, known as TRU-D SmartUVC, use a dose of UV light that is lethal to ...

Water Missions International employee helps battle Ebola   Moultrie News
Scientist Invents 'Robot' That Kills Ebola Virus   Vanguard

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  The Guardian Nigeria   
Nigeria delays start of school year over Ebola virus  The Sun Daily
ABUJA: Nigeria said Tuesday that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to put in place "preventive measures" against the Ebola virus, which has claimed five lives in Lagos. "All primary and secondary schools in ...

Ebola: Prisons boss raises the alarm   Daily Sun
Nigeria Has Contained Ebola – Minister   Leadership Newspapers
Adadevoh's sister not hospitalised for Ebola —Family   Nigerian Tribune
Xinhua   
Bella Naija   
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  The Guardian Nigeria   
Ebola: Red Cross tasks S'East states over isolation camps, others  The Guardian Nigeria
Ebola-infographic THE Anambra State Chapter of the Nigerian Red Cross Society has restated its preparedness and response plan programme to combat the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state, while also urging South East Governors to work as ...


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  NPR (blog)   
How Ebola Kills You: It's Not The Virus  NPR (blog)
Ebola has a nasty reputation for the way it damages the body. It's rightfully earned. "At the end stage of the disease, you have small leaks in blood vessels," says Thomas Geisbert, an immunologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
What actually happens when a person is infected with the virus   The Guardian Nigeria

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