Health
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End of the most recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: 9 June 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia. This announcement comes 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) after... -
Strengthening the coordination of Emergency Medical Teams
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: Luis De La Fuente, co-coordinator of Ecuador’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT), paces as he talks on the phone, “We have 21 national teams and 7 international teams from Colombia, Germany, Spain, Peru and United... -
Yellow fever global vaccine stockpile in emergencies
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: When a major outbreak of yellow fever hits, countries need to access vaccine supplies urgently for rapid vaccination campaigns to control spread of the disease. Urban yellow fever can spread rapidly in densely populated... -
Beyond Ebola, keeping patients and health workers safe
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: Dr Doussou Touré arrives for work at Coléah Medical Centre. She washes her hands from a bucket set up in front of the building, proceeds to a screening area where her temperature is checked... -
We’re supporting governments to make sure no child is left behind
Jun 21, 2016News Hour: Sightsavers has teamed up with The World Bank and Imperial College London’s Partnership for Child Development (PCD) to support governments in Africa and Asia to strengthen their national school health and nutrition programmes. The initiative... -
Roche launches the new cobas e 801 module
Jun 20, 2016News Hour: Roche announced today that its new, dedicated high-volume testing immunoassay solution, the cobas e 801 module, is now available for countries accepting the CE Mark. As diagnostic laboratories evolve to meet growing workloads in an... -
FedEx and Orbis International announced to debute Orbis Flying Eye Hospital
Jun 20, 2016News Hour: FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, and Orbis International announced on June 16th that they are debuting the third-generation Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. More than six... -
Meet Dr Levi Kandeke: The only child eye doctor in Burundi
Jun 19, 2016News Hour: “The chance of my life is to be born and raised in one of the poorest countries in the world and go to graduate school in one of the richest… It creates for me... -
Remembering Fred Hollows
Jun 19, 2016News Hour: On May 20, 1976, Fred Hollows and teams of health workers set out on the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program with the aim to eliminate trachoma and other eye conditions in rural and... -
Record results at 2015 Foundation AGM
Jun 18, 2016News Hour: Twenty-five years after Fred Hollows was named Australian of the Year, The Fred Hollows Foundation will announce another year of record results at its Annual General Meeting in Sydney tonight. Despite ongoing cuts to...