Ebola shows first rise in 2015

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New 
Ebola cases show first rise in 2015

N 
special envoy Dr David Nabarro said the "relatively small rise" was a 
concern

The 
number of new cases of Ebola has gone up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit 
countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 
on Wednesday.
It 
is the first weekly increase in 2015, ending a series of encouraging 
declines.
The 
WHO says Sierra Leone registered 80 of the 124 new cases, Guinea 39 and Liberia 
the remaining five.
Almost 
9,000 people have died from Ebola since December 2013.
Dr 
David Nabarro, the United Nations special envoy on Ebola, said the small rise in 
Ebola cases was a concern but they knew there would be flare-ups.
"We're 
on a good path, this is coming down, but we really have to be vigilant because 
there are still pockets of infection," he said.

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	http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31140987 New Ebola cases show first rise in 2015 N special envoy Dr David Nabarro said the "relatively small rise" was a concern The number of new cases of Ebola has gone up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. It is the first weekly increase in 2015, ending a series of encouraging declines. The WHO says Sierra Leone registered 80 of the 124 new cases, Guinea 39 and Liberia the remaining five. Almost 9,000 people have died from Ebola since December 2013. Dr David Nabarro, the United Nations special envoy on Ebola, said the small rise in Ebola cases was a concern but they knew there would be flare-ups. "We're on a good path, this is coming down, but we really have to be vigilant because there are still pockets of infection," he said.

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	https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=407&language_id=ENG 5 February Treatment: Test studies in Guinea indicate favourable reports of Favipiravir's effectiveness, as per media sources. The drug was found effective in patients with low to moderate Ebola infection, however it had no effect in people who were heavily infected. Sierra Leone: The situation report issued by Ministry of Health informs of 21 new confirmed cases.Read more... 4 February WHO: Today's Situation Report advises that the weekly number of new cases has increased in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Case numbers had been declining in Liberia and Sierra Leone until now. Guinea had noted a rise in cases the previous week too. "Continued community resistance, increasing geographical spread in Guinea and widespread transmission in Sierra Leone, and a rise in incidence show that the EVD response still faces significant challenges." The ability to respond to clusters of infection is expected to be even harder once the wet season starts, especially in remote areas where access is already difficult. Authorities have identified an increased risk of spread from Guinea into neighbouring countries of Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal and responded with measures to strengthen surveillance. Sierra Leone recorded 80 new cases in the final week of January. Only about one fifth of these new cases occurred in registered contacts of Ebola cases, highlighting that there are undetected chains of transmission. See the individual country pages of this website for more detail. The latest data available from the World Health Organization shows a total of 22,460 clinical cases with 8,966 deaths in the countries with intense transmission, 126 additional cases since the 2 February report with 45 further deaths. Sierra Leone: Schools will reopen 30 March following an improvement in the rate of new Ebola cases.Read more...

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	UN: Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola 2015-02-06 10:20 Geneva - Efforts to stamp out West Africa's Ebola epidemic are being thwarted by villagers touching and washing the infectious bodies of dead victims at secret burials and difficulty in tracing those exposed to the virus, UN officials said on Thursday. The number of new cases rose for the first time this year in the past week, coinciding with a looming funding shortfall and the approach of the rainy season that will hamper aid efforts from April, they warned "The commonest way in which people are getting Ebola is through the rituals that take place when somebody is buried, particularly the important cleansing and touching that goes on," Dr David Nabarro, UN Ebola special envoy, told a briefing.

Ebola shows first rise in 2015

New Ebola cases show first rise in 2015

UN: Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola