#Ebola hampers HIV/AIDS care in #Liberia
MONROVIA/DAKAR, 21 novembre 2014 (IRIN) - Ebola has crippled the provision of treatment and care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Liberia, according to health workers and patients.
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/reportfrench.aspx?ReportID=100878
Les survivants d’#Ebola participent à l’amélioration de la lutte contre la maladie
FREETOWN/KAILAHUN/MONROVIA/DAKAR, 14 novembre 2014 (IRIN) - L’épidémie d’Ebola a fait près de 5 000 morts en Guinée, au Liberia et en Sierra Leone, mais de nombreux malades ont survécu et jouent un rôle clé dans la lutte contre la maladie.
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/reportfrench.aspx?ReportID=100845
As Ebola declines in Liberia, health officials reassess response plans - The Washington Post
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/as-ebola-declines-in-liberia-health-officials-reassess-response-plans/2014/11/03/88126a4c-6365-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html
MONROVIA, Liberia — The rate of new Ebola infections here has declined so sharply in recent weeks that even some of the busiest treatment facilities are now only half-full and officials are reassessing the scale of the response needed to quell the epidemic.
The turnaround has occurred without the provision of a single treatment bed by the U.S. military, which has promised to build 17 Ebola facilities containing 100 beds each across Liberia. Those treatment units will be constructed, said Bill Berger, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team here. But the option of initially opening some with as few as 10 beds is “being discussed,” he said.
Soldats contre médecins
▻http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2014/11/RIMBERT/50942
Pendant que l’Europe et les Etats-Unis frissonnent d’horreur à l’idée que le virus Ebola infeste leurs métropoles plutôt que de se cantonner aux bidonvilles de Monrovia, l’épidémie met à nu l’iniquité des relations internationales.
China to Build Liberia Health System | The Liberian Observer
▻http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/china-build-liberia-health-system
The government of the People’s Republic of China has pledged that as a plan for the post-Ebola period, it will work with other international partners to help build and modernize Liberia’s health sector.
The Chinese government through its Ambassador accredited near Monrovia, Zhang Yue, said that there is a need to revamp the country’s health system and China will be wholeheartedly committed to that process as it has always done in the past.
#santé #chine #liberia #inégalités
Paul Farmer · Diary: Ebola
►http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n20/paul-farmer/diary
Anyone whose metrics or proof are judged wanting is likely to receive a cool reception, even though the #Ebola crisis should serve as an object lesson and rebuke to those who tolerate anaemic state funding of, or even cutbacks in, public health and healthcare delivery. Without staff, stuff, space and systems, nothing can be done.
If such things were thin on the ground in Monrovia and Freetown, they were all but absent in rural regions. (...)
Ebola is more a symptom of a weak healthcare system than anything else. But until this diagnosis is agreed on, there’s plenty of room for other, more exotic explanations.
#AFRICA_IS_A_RADIO : Episode 6
▻http://africasacountry.com/africa-is-a-radio-episode-6
Africa is a Radio episode 6 opens up with a transnational blend, combining remixes of #Dotorado_Pro’s “African Scream” with its sample source: DJ Sbu & Zahara’s “Lengoma.” From there we travel around the world -from #Ferguson to Havana to #Monrovia- touching on the sonic imprints of the contemporary news cycle. We end on a […]
#MUSIC #African_Scream #Afrobeats #Am_I_Wrong ? #hip_hop #house #Jay_Z #Lengoma #Liberia #Lisbon #Missouri #Nico_and_Vinz #reggae #Shadowman
The fear of Ebola goes beyond the security measures - The Globe and Mail
▻http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/globe-in-liberia-the-fear-of-ebola-goes-beyond-the-security-measures/article21071191
As I visited treatment centres and talked to health workers across Monrovia, what struck me was the vast gulf between the West’s often irrational panic and the calm practical attitude of the Ebola workers on the ground. Given enough resources, equipment and treatment beds, they know they can beat Ebola.
The methods are well understood by now: early diagnosis, isolation, support and staff safety. And these methods could easily be learned by the Western health organizations that have often been reluctant to accept the risks of the Ebola zone. “It’s not rocket science,” Médecins sans frontières (Doctors without Borders) emergency co-ordinator Laurence Sailly told me. “It’s like running a hospital with very specific security measures. It’s a lot of logistics and water and sanitation.”
What will always stay with me is the desperation and vulnerability of the Ebola patients themselves: collapsed on the ground, clutching their heads, too weak to move, waiting hours or days for help. Talk to them, or their family members, and you realize that they cannot comprehend the slowness of the world’s response.
via @doronisaacs
To Live and Die with #Ebola in #Liberia
▻http://africasacountry.com/to-live-and-die-with-ebola-in-liberia
Shaki Kamara was a 15-year-old Liberian boy who lived in Monrovia’s notorious and misunderstood neighborhood of West Point. He was one of the casualties of the awful Ebola epidemic that’s gripping Liberia, but he didn’t die of the virus. Shaki was shot by Liberian security forces in an altercation with residents of the neighborhood after […]
Enterrer les victimes d’#Ebola au #Liberia
Monrovia, 14 septembre 2014 (IRIN) - Alors que le nombre de #victimes d’Ebola ne cesse d’augmenter au Liberia, les membres des équipes d’#enterrement doivent composer avec les risques physiques et les traumatismes qui vont de pair avec l’#inhumation_sécuritaire des #morts. Ils sont par ailleurs souvent confrontés à la colère des populations locales.
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/reportfrench.aspx?ReportID=100608
Dying of #Ebola at the Hospital Door
Monrovia, the Liberian capital, is facing a widespread Ebola epidemic, and as the number of infected grows faster than hospital capacity, some patients wait outside near death.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000003107917/dying-of-ebola-at-the-hospital-door.html?smid=fb-share
#Ebola : un centre de santé saccagé à #Monrovia au #Liberia, 29 patients prennent la fuite
Un centre de lutte contre le virus Ebola a été saccagé par des hommes armés à Monrovia, la capitale du Liberia, ce dimanche 17 août. 29 patients qui se trouvaient dans le centre se sont enfuis. L’information a été confirmée à l’Agence France-Presse par plusieurs témoins et le secrétaire général des travailleurs de la santé du Liberia, Georges Williams.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/ticker/ebola-centre-sante-saccage-monrovia-liberia-29-patients-prennent-fuite
Des lacunes subsistent malgré l’intensification des efforts de lutte contre #Ebola
MONROVIA/DAKAR, 14 août 2014 (IRIN) - Les efforts de traitement et d’endiguement d’Ebola s’intensifient en Sierra Leone et au Liberia, mais, selon le personnel des ministères de la Santé et les travailleurs humanitaires, les travailleurs de la santé, les chercheurs de sujets contacts et les surveillants communautaires sont encore trop peu nombreux sur le terrain pour répondre à la propagation de la maladie, en particulier dans les zones urbaines.
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/report/100485/des-lacunes-subsistent-malgr%C3%A9-l-intensification-des-efforts-de-lutte-
’God Is Angry with Liberia’ | The Liberian Observer
▻http://www.liberianobserver.com/news-religion/god-angry-liberia
http://www.liberianobserver.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Zeigler_Hart.jpg More than 100 Bishops, Pastors, General Overseers, Prophets, Evangelists and other Ministers of the Gospel, under the auspices of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC), converged Wednesday at the edifice of the St. Stephen Episcopal Church on 10th Street in Sinkor, Monrovia, to deliberate on the Church’s role in and response to the Ebola epidemic.
The men of God, meanstream Episcopalians and non-denominational evangelicals alike, unanimously endorsed the following resolution:
That God is angry with Liberia, and that Ebola is a plague. Liberians have to pray and seek God’s forgiveness over the corruption and immoral acts (such as homosexualism, etc.) that continue to penetrate our society. As Christians, we must repent and seek God’s forgiveness.
That a three-day indoor fast and prayer across the nation be observed, commencing next Wednesday, August 6th, and concluding Friday, August 8th.
That an inter-denominational committee be constituted to present said resolution to government.
That if government is in agreement, the Republic of Liberia be locked up for three days of fast and prayer. All movement should be restricted during those three days. People should stay at home for three days of silence, fasting and prayer.
Je trouve cette proposition très élégante. Pas besoin de dépenses pour la recherche pharmaceutique, pas besoin de se soucier des règles de l’hygiène, trois journées de jeûne et le tour est joué. On pourrait éventuellement sacrifier l’homo du voisinage, mais les résultats ne sont pas garantis, alors on le laisse tranquille. Demain je commencerai à prier également pour que le ciel me donne du beau temps pendant le reste des vacances :-)
source : Ebola - und die Suche nach dem Sündenbock ▻http://m.heise.de/tp/artikel/42/42496/1.html
La hausse des cas d’#Ebola pèse lourdement sur les travailleurs sanitaires
KENEMA/KAILAHUN/FREETOWN/MONROVIA, 4 août 2014 (IRIN) - Au Liberia, en Sierra Leone et en Guinée, la pénurie de travailleurs sanitaires, capables de traiter les malades du virus Ebola et d’empêcher la propagation de cette maladie mortelle, freine les efforts d’intervention. C’est ce que révèlent le ministère de la Santé et les membres des ONG, qui affirment que leurs efforts ont atteint un « point de rupture ».
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/report/100440/la-hausse-des-cas-d-ebola-p%C3%A8se-lourdement-sur-les-travailleurs-sanita
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L’épidémie d’Ebola est « hors de contrôle »
▻http://www.ledevoir.com/international/actualites-internationales/411602/l-epidemie-d-ebola-est-hors-de-controle-previent-medecins-sans-frontieres
L’épidémie, qui a pris naissance en Guinée à la fin de l’an dernier ou au début de celle-ci, semblait ralentir avant de reprendre de la vigueur au cours des dernières semaines. Elle s’est notamment propagée pour la première fois à Monrovia, la capitale du Liberia.
Guinea ebola outbreak spreads to capital
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/23/guinea-ebola-outbreak-conakry
Guinea confirms #Ebola as source of epidemic
▻http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/03/guinea-confirms-ebola-as-source-epidemic-20143221754629359.html
“We have a 90 percent chance of having cases in Monrovia because about 80 percent of goods on the Liberian market come from Guinea,”
▻http://cdn.rt.com/files/news/24/0a/d0/00/ebola-guinea.si.jpg
Al-Qaida En Seine-Saint-Denis Barbue (Vive le feu !)
►http://www.politis.fr/Al-Qaida-En-Seine-Saint-Denis,13675.html
Pour si tu douterais, nonobstant que le ministère des Affaires étrangères l’a de longue date mise (quelque part entre Montgomery (Alabama, USA) et Monrovia (Liberia)) dans sa liste des destinations touristiques à éviter (fût-ce au prix d’un long détour), que La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis, France) n’est pas du tout un endroit pour toi, Éloi, et que c’est une très mauvaise idée d’y louer un chalet pour tes vacances d’été ? (...)