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| Over 1,900 killed by Ebola in West Africa: WHO |
| 2014-09-04 |
 [Iran Press TV] An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed over 1,900 people in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says."As of this week, we are reporting 3,500 cases confirmed in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and more than 1,900 deaths -- and the outbreak is rising," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. Chan, however, expressed hope that the disease can be contained "in six to nine months." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 When warlords run rampant for over a decade, there's no chance for schooling, and farming is disrupted. So a country loses an entire generation of potential doctors and nurses and people who understand how things work. You can't "make farm" when you're kicked off your land by warlords, so how are you going to teach your kids to grow rice? So now they have few resources, in human development and in raising their own food. Now Ebola has closed schools again. |
| Posted by: mom 2014-09-04 13:53 |
#2  Difficult to fathom the casualty numbers had national healthcare not become a reality. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-04 08:50 |
| #1 Imagine the outcry when a genetically engineered Ebola solution is made available. It will make the Polio and GMO crop protests seem like a sneeze of history. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-09-04 08:45 |