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WANGATA EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE

Haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola, Lassa and Marburg haemorrhagic fevers are rare but deadly, spreading fear and panic. Caring for infected patients and affected communities is crucial for a response to be effective.

Outbreaks can kill 25 to 90 per cent of those infected. Until recently, there were no tools to prevent or treat Ebola; today a preventive vaccine and curative drugs are available. MSF has responded in almost all reported outbreaks over the past years.

The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was unprecedented: 67 times the size of the largest previously recorded outbreak, it reached urban areas, and killed more than 11,300 people. Hundreds of health workers died, decimating the already-struggling healthcare systems of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Since then, the Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced a succession of outbreaks since March 2018.

Quick facts about Ebola and Marburg

 
Ebola decline in Liberia
Liberia

Ebola drug trial in Liberia halted

Press Release 3 Feb 2015
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Crisis update - 30 January 2015

Crisis Update 30 Jan 2015
 
Sierra Leone

Adama - a mother saved against all odds

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2015
 
Pregnancy and Ebola in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: "This has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done"

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2015
 
Ebola treatment centre Freetown
Sierra Leone

MSF opens maternity unit for pregnant women with Ebola

Press Release 29 Jan 2015
 
Jenn Duncombe MSF Epidemiologist Kailahun Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

"The most unlikely people survived" – An Australian epidemiologist recounts her time in Sierra Leone

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2015
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF's address to the UN Special Session of the Executive Board on the Ebola response

Speech 26 Jan 2015
 
Ebola decline in Liberia
Haemorrhagic fevers

Decline encouraging, but critical gaps remain

Press Release 26 Jan 2015
 
Antimalarials distribution in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Malaria - the other epidemic

Project Update 23 Jan 2015
Advanced HIV management in Homa Bay
Medical Resource

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