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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

 
Jackson K.P. Naimah delivers statement to UN Security Council
Liberia

Statement to the United Nations Security Council Emergency session on Ebola

Speech 18 Sep 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

A French MSF staff member infected in Liberia

Statement 17 Sep 2014
 
Ebola Treatment Centre in Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

The Unlikely Clue That Led Doctors in West Africa to Ebola: Hiccups

In the Media 17 Sep 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Aid organisation refuses Australia Ebola cash

In the Media 16 Sep 2014
 
Liberia - Mamadee, 11, Ebola survivor
Haemorrhagic fevers

The boy who tricked ebola

Voices from the Field 16 Sep 2014
 
Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF President's remarks to the UN Special Briefing on Ebola

Speech 16 Sep 2014
 
ELWA3 Ebola management centre in Monrovia, Liberia
Haemorrhagic fevers

Thousands have died from Ebola. Why is the world doing so little?

Opinion 15 Sep 2014
 
Liberia - Foya Ebola management centre
Haemorrhagic fevers

A concrete response to the Ebola outbreak cannot wait

Opinion 15 Sep 2014
 

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