Early treatment of Ebola patients with vitamin A supplements led to reduced mortality among those diagnosed with the deadly virus, according to an International Medical Corps-supported research study published earlier this month. The study, which appeared in the Journal of Nutrition, was one of three such research papers published in recent months based on data …
Despite resource and logistical constraints, International Medical Corps cared for thousands at 5 Ebola treatment units in Liberia and Sierra Leone between 2014 and 2015 while collecting hundreds of data points on each patient.
The drug ZMapp, viewed as perhaps the most promising potential treatment for Ebola, seemed to prevent death from the disease in its first rigorous clinical trial.
The first controlled trial of an experimental Ebola drug on humans has produced promising results. Initial findings of the trial that ran through the second half of 2015 into January 2016 for the three-component antibody cocktail known as ZMapp showed that patients suffering from the potentially deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) tolerated the drug well …
Knitted teaching aids are being sent to help train new medical staff in Sierra Leone after hundreds of health workers died from Ebola in West Africa.
The epidemic hit the West African nation the hardest with 4,800 deaths, and ravaged its under-resourced, fragile health system
Ebola can lie dormant and hide in parts of the body such as the eyes and testicles long after leaving the bloodstream
After two years, the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has drawn to a close. The disease’s chain of transmission in Sierra Leone ended in November, followed by Guinea in December. On January 14th, Liberia, which has seen two resurgences of the virus since it was first declared Ebola-free in May 2015, achieved that …
