African Press Organization (APO)/ – Nearly a third of students in medicine and nursing in the developing countries do not have the intention to work in their own country after obtaining their diplomas, while less than a fifth of them have … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell British actor of Sierra Leonean descent Idris Elba attended the high-level meeting called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to highlight the urgent needs and required response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa on September 25, 2014 … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – China has donated US$2 million to the African Union Commission to support the AU response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), the AU said Friday. The Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia and the AU, … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government protested last week against “the ungodly treatment” of Nigerians in many countries of the world over the recent outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. In a statement released in Abuja, … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, was billed to visit Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three countries in the sub-region that have been badly affected … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday that the Government of Cuba has provided 165 health professionals, comprising physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, specialists in infection control, intensive care specialists and social mobilization officers, to support … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said Monday that border closures and the suspension of flights to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa worsened the impact of the disease on the local populations than the … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese government is taking necessary measures to check the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, President Macky Sall stated Monday, assuring that vital medical services have been mobilised to prevent a … Read More
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian National Security Council (CNS) has decided to open humanitarian, economic and health corridors with neighbouring countries affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Council has announced. The decision was taken at an … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell L’organisation United African Congress a organisé, en partenariat avec la fondation Give them a Hand Foundation, un forum sur le virus Ebola, au siège des Nations Unies, le 27 août 2014, pour sensibiliser le public et … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Ecobank International Incorporated, has donated US$50,000 to the Sierra Leonean Government in support of its efforts to curtail the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which has killed hundreds … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The first case of the deadly Ebola virus has tested positive in Senegal, the Senegalese Minister of Health, Eva Marie Coll Seck, said on Friday in a news conference. Seck said that a 21-year-old Guinean, a … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the green light for the use of experimental drugs to treat those infected with Ebola Virus Disease, amid the worst-ever outbreak of the disease in West Africa. The go-ahead … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The Botswana foreign affairs ministry said on Monday that the Government had taken a decision to render financial assistance to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to assist them in the fight against the disease. … Read More
