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Ebola Outbreaks in West Africa, with Focus on the 2014–2016 Epidemic (1976–2016)

Ebola Outbreaks in West Africa, with Focus on the 2014–2016 Epidemic (1976–2016)

  1. Ebola virus first identified in Zaire outbreak

    Labels: Ebola virus, Yambuku, WHO investigation

  2. Guinea confirms Ebola as cause of epidemic

    Labels: Guinea, Gueckedou, Ebola confirmation

  3. WHO reports rapid spread and health-worker infections

    Labels: WHO situation, Guinea health, prefectures

  4. Sierra Leone records its first Ebola case

    Labels: Sierra Leone, cross-border transmission, rural districts

  5. Ebola introduced into Nigeria via air travel

    Labels: Nigeria, Lagos, imported case

  6. WHO declares Ebola a global health emergency (PHEIC)

    Labels: WHO, PHEIC, International Health

  7. UN Security Council calls Ebola a security threat

    Labels: UN Security, Resolution 2177, international security

  8. WHO declares Senegal and Nigeria Ebola-free

    Labels: WHO declarations, Senegal, Nigeria

  9. WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola (first time)

    Labels: Liberia, WHO declaration, transmission interrupted

  10. Liberia declared Ebola-free again after re-emergence

    Labels: Liberia, re-emergence, heightened surveillance

  11. WHO declares Sierra Leone stops Ebola transmission

    Labels: Sierra Leone, WHO declaration, enhanced surveillance

  12. WHO declares end of Ebola transmission in Guinea

    Labels: Guinea, WHO declaration, epidemic origin

  13. WHO terminates Ebola PHEIC for West Africa

    Labels: WHO, PHEIC termination, IHR Emergency

  14. WHO declares West Africa epidemic’s final Liberia flare-up over

    Labels: Liberia, final flare-up, heightened surveillance