#ebola response

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E-learning courses on Ebola response.

Ultra-low temperature vaccine management.

This course provides an overview on ultra-low temperature vaccine management. 

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AP Investigation: American Company Bungled Ebola Response

AP Investigation: American Company Bungled Ebola Response

A U.S. company assigned a crucial role in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Staffers with the San Francisco-based company Metabiota Inc. not only misread the epidemic, they contributed to botched lab results, undermined partners and put people at risk of the terrifying virus,…

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Ebola survivor Mabinti recently come home from an Ebola Treatment Centre in Guinea. Her return has helped dispel the rumours in her community that treatment centres were places where people were killed. UNICEF has helped trace and reunite Mabinti with her children, Kadiatou and Soloman, who had fled the village after seeing her taken away in an ambulance, fearing they would be next. © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1575/La Rose

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Visiting every village, knocking on every door, finding every Ebola case - until the outbreak is over. Check out UNICEF Guinea’s photo essay on Medium: http://uni.cf/1QfoPiA

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Photo of the Week: Last year social mobilizers walked for miles on foot to reach remote villages in Lofa County, Liberia with life-saving information on how to prevent the spread of Ebola. Such efforts have been critical to the victory the country achieved over the weekend, when it was declared Ebola-free. Vigilant prevention efforts must continue while the disease’s threat still lingers in neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone. © UNICEF/UNI167529/Jallanzo

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Nine-year-old Mercy Kennady, who is in her first year of school, laughs with other girls on the ride home from school in Monrovia, Liberia. We first met Mercy in November shortly after she’d lost her mother to Ebola and spent 21 days in quarantine. Mercy is now in the care of a loving foster family - read her story on Medium: http://uni.cf/1BnV602 © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0352/Grile

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Some of the unsung heroes in the ‪#‎Ebola‬ response are the health care workers and volunteers on the frontline. Many have contracted the virus and some have lost their lives to Ebola. Hear first-hand accounts from health care workers in West Africa on the continued struggle to fight Ebola. Learn more: http://goo.gl/3oHTD6

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Sampson Williams is a Community Health Volunteer who helps raise awareness of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. “My biggest goal is to follow my education,” he says. “I have passion in public health and want to reach out to many Liberians who are less fortunate.” © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0470/Grile