Ebola crisis: BBC revisits devastated village

A month ago BBC News visited the town of Kigbal in Sierra Leone to assess the devastation cause by the Ebola epidemic.

No help had reached the village. The dying and dead scattered the streets, and more several children had been orphaned.

Andrew Harding returned to the community to find out if any the passing weeks had brought any change.

Source: BBC

Ebola: basic fluid and nutrition care ‚being missed‘

Ebola patients can lose five to 10 litres of fluid a day through vomiting and diarrhoea(photo: iStock)

Ebola patients can lose five to 10 litres of fluid a day through vomiting and diarrhoea (photo: iStock)

Ebola patients are missing out on basic care that could improve their chances of survival, according to a report in the Lancet medical journal.

Researchers say organisations are being misled by an „inaccurate view“ that there is no proven treatment for Ebola.

They add that patients, who could be treated with fluids and electrolytes, are dying of dehydration.

Charities say there are many challenges to giving the intensive fluid replacement that some patients need.

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Ebola and AIDS: A tale of Two Viruses
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Ebola vaccine research at Vanderbilt University. Photo: EPA

Ebola vaccine research at Vanderbilt University. Photo: EPA

A deadly virus appears in Africa, and makes the jump from animals to humans.

Decades later the virus causes an epidemic across the continent: Preying on poor sanitary conditions and public-health practices, it kills thousands and threatens millions. A worldwide pandemic seems imminent.

Sound familiar?

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