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huffingtonpost.com - by Ben Hirschler

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - United Nations agencies need a final $1 billion to fight West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic as experts move to a new phase involving a massive detective operation to trace remaining cases, the U.N. Ebola chief said on Wednesday.

David Nabarro estimated that an overall total of $4 billion in new money, equivalent to all the aid committed so far, was needed by relief agencies and the worst affected countries themselves to end the epidemic and "help these countries to get back to the economic trajectory they had." 

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The team has achieved an unprecedented goal: connecting 12 fullerenes, each one endowed with 10 sugar moieties, to other central fullerene, thus mimicking the presentation of carbohydrates surrounding the Ebola virus.  Credit: N. Martín & B. Illescas / UCM

CLICK HERE - A giant fullerene system inhibits the infection by an artificial Ebola virus

CLICK HERE - STUDY - Synthesis of giant globular multivalent glycofullerenes as potent inhibitors in a model of Ebola virus infection

scitechconnect.elsevier.com - by SPLICE - November 19, 2015

A discovery which may lead to the elimination of Ebola infections was published in Nature Chemistry a few days ago. The investigators reported that giant fullerene system inhibits the cell infection by an artificial Ebola virus.

The eDEWS software can be used on mobile devices such as tablets (Credit: WHO)

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Monrovia, 8 December 2015 - Liberia is introducing electronic reporting which will enable faster detection of disease outbreaks. Learning from experience gained during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the country is beginning to use mobile technology to help health-care workers detect and communicate potential public health threats in a timely manner. 

The technology, the electronic Disease Early Warning System (eDEWS), is based on a mobile application. It enables health workers to report in real time public health threats such as acute watery diarrhoea, polio (AFP), measles, meningitis, and viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola.

Through eDEWS, data are collected using software installed on smart phones, tablets or laptops, then immediately sent to a central location for analysis. With faster reporting, increases in numbers of patients with diseases of public health concern can be spotted more quickly, enabling prompt follow-up action.

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The Ebola Community Action Platform, known as ECAP, is a large social mobilization project, funded by USAID and developed by Mercy Corps. Established in 2014 at the height of the Ebola crisis, it worked through a huge network of over 70 NGOs, who helped spread life-saving information in their communities.

With continued funding from USAID, Mercy Corps will now build on this network to contribute to Ebola recovery and emergency preparedness.

How it works

Through a network of local organizations, ECAP 2 aims to give people the tools they need to better respond to outbreaks. In particular, partners will train and strengthen 1,500 Community Health Committees and connect them with clinics and health programs, and help them develop community action plans for disease surveillance and response.

Health groups and local radio partners will also do awareness activities to promote behaviours that reduce the threat of epidemics: for example, participation in vaccination and sanitation programs.

The program will run until June 2016.

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