WMA calls for urgent support to fight Ebola.

WMA Resolution on Unproven Therapy and the Ebola Virus: Adopted by the 65th WMA General Assembly, Durban, South Africa, October 2014.

Diarrhea Can Be an Important Clinical Presentation of 2014 Western Africa Ebola Virus Infection

Dear Editor-in-Chief The present global consideration is on the recent outbreak of 2014 Western Ebola virus in West Africa (1 – 3). This viral hemorrhagic fever wide spreads to several countries in West Africa and remote countries (1 - 3). With high death rate, the disease is presently on the list of public health threatens. The main problem for management of the infection is the limited knowl...

Obama calls on Congress to fund $6.2bn emergency Ebola initiative.

At a speech given on 2 December at the US National Institutes of Health, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass his $6.2bn (£4bn; €5bn) funding request for emergency Ebola programs before its recess for the holiday period. “For the most part, people have recognized this is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue—it’s about the safety and security of the American people. So let’s...

Economic Impacts of Ebola Bulletin Three Patterns of Trust and Compliance in the Fight against Ebola: Results from a Population-based Survey of Monrovia, Liberia

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) crisis in Liberia has steadily waned over the first months of 2015. After a total of 9,526 cases with 4,264 deaths, Liberia reported only one confirmed case in March 2015. In brief • A survey of over 1500 residents in Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, was conducted in December 2014 to understand the social factors that contributed to the EVD epidemic and to inform ...

Preparedness for Ebola Virus Disease.

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Medical Initiatives, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Visiting Researcher, Japan Medical Association Research Institute (JMARI), Tokyo, Japan ([email protected]). 2 Executive Board Member, Japan Medical Association, Tokyo, Japan ([email protected]). The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) expanded fiercely ...