26 September 2014

Ebola in West Africa: Impact on health

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As of 21 September, the estimated cumulative number of confirmed Ebola virus disease cases reported by WHO in the three most affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) is 6,242, including 2,909 deaths. The ‘hidden caseload’, however, is unprecedentedly large, and these figures are believed to include only a fraction of all cases in this rapidly spreading epidemic. 

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