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2016 Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria shows a surge in fatality


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3 ways to coin the headlines when Ebola transmission ends.


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‘Ebola Free’ as a term has occurred in the media alongside WHO’s declaration to mark end of Ebola transmission 42 days after last human case tests negative for Ebola Virus in affected countries.  Ebola Free status is achieved ONLY when there… Continue Reading →

The last case of Ebola in the world has been discharged


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The last set of contacts are out of quarantine, the final case of Ebola has been discharged, the world can start a countdown. The last case of Ebola is an infant who tested positive of Ebola at birth; which is… Continue Reading →

TWITTER CHAT: On ‘Ebola Free’ Sierra Leone (Lessons, Implications & Next Steps)


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WE MOVED THE TIME:   Sierra Leone will be declared ‘Ebola Free’ on Saturday. This is a great milestone for humanity, Africa, West Africa and the entire people of the country. The country had a total of 14,089 cases out… Continue Reading →

HANDWASHING MARKETPLACE: Connecting Nigerian Marketplaces to Proper Handwashing, Making them Hubs for Disease Control


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Most public handwashing campaigns are targeted at children. This is important because of the evidence for the effectiveness of handwashing in reducing preventable diseases in under-5 children. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, however, highlights again why handwashing awareness is… Continue Reading →

Opportunities for Africa beyond the digital deadline: EbolaAlert Intervention as a case study


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The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa created an environment that necessitated the creation of EbolaAlert that applied new media technologies for several purposes but evidently reporting, and citizen’s engagement. It currently passes as a case study for how Africans can… Continue Reading →

Interim guidance: Ebola virus disease in pregnancy: Screening and management of Ebola cases, contacts and survivors


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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just published an important Interim Guidance which is targeted at health workers providing care for Ebola in pregnancy. According to the global agency, “there is no evidence to show that women who survive Ebola virus disease… Continue Reading →

How Africa’s 855 Ebola Volunteers Migrated from across the continent.


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From Lagos to Duke University: Performing Health Systems Attract Quality Research


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How Nigeria tackled Ebola is being perceived in some quarters as mere luck than true performance. What might have however become clear to some researchers and governments that have visited to understudy what happened between July and October 2014 in… Continue Reading →

Possible Sexual Transmission of Ebola & Sexual Behaviour Among Most Affected Age Group in West Africa


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As Possible Sexual Transmission of Ebola surfaces, we share sexual behaviour of West Africa’s most affected age group. On May 8, 2015, the CDC published a report detailing an investigation of case whose only epidemiological link to Ebola: unprotected vaginal… Continue Reading →

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