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Haemorrhagic fevers

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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

 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Official MSF response to the WHO declaring Ebola an international public health emergency

Project Update 8 Aug 2014
 
Ebola Treatment Centre in Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF operational update for Ebola outbreak in west Africa

Project Update 8 Aug 2014
 
Journal article

Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea: Where Ecology Meets Economy

31 Jul 2014
Journal article
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Sasobas, Ebola survivor

Project Update 30 Jul 2014
 
Ebola Treatment Centre in Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Haemorrhagic fevers

Operational Update: The Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Project Update 24 Jul 2014
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

Race against time to control the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

Project Update 21 Jul 2014
 
Ebola response, Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Race against time to control the Ebola outbreak

Project Update 11 Jul 2014
 
 EBOLA GUECKEDOU CONAKRY GUINEA 2014
Guinea

“For some, Ebola is akin to magic”

Voices from the Field 9 Jul 2014
 
 EBOLA GUECKEDOU CONAKRY GUINEA 2014
Haemorrhagic fevers

MSF activities in Ebola outbreak

Project Update 7 Jul 2014
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