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US Ebola survivor: The moment I knew I had the virus

17 October 2014 Last updated at 01:40 BST American aid worker Nancy Writebol contracted Ebola while treating patients at a hospital in Liberia with her husband David. She was flown back to the United...

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Ebola crisis: UK army medics focus on safe treatment units

16 October 2014 Last updated at 18:21 BST British army medics have arrived in West Africa to help in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. The nurses, doctors and infectious disease consultants...

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Ebola outbreak: Living in fear in Sierra Leone

24 October 2014 Last updated at 09:52 BST A sailor from Sierra Leone has told the BBC how Ebola has created a climate of fear in the country, and has appealed to the international community for help....

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Ebola news: 29 October in 15 seconds

29 October 2014 Last updated at 19:23 GMT The rate of Ebola infections appears to be slowing in Liberia, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO's latest figure for infections is 13,703, mostly...

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Ebola: Lagos's empty hospital ready in case virus returns

20 October 2014 Last updated at 21:42 BST Nigeria was declared to be free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation on Monday after a swift response from medical staff contained the virus. However the...

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Uganda's President Museveni on Ebola response

22 October 2014 Last updated at 00:13 BST Uganda is a country with experience of coping with Ebola patients in previous outbreaks. BBC Focus on Africa's Lebo Diseko asked Ugandan President Yoweri...

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Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone farmers urged back to work

15 October 2014 Last updated at 22:25 BST Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola crisis are being encouraged to go back to work. It comes after a warning from the UN...

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Training in Sierra Leone for safe Ebola burials

22 October 2014 Last updated at 13:14 BST As the Ebola outbreak claims 20 lives a day in Sierra Leone, the BBC's Tulip Mazumdar reports from the capital Freetown on how volunteers are being trained to...

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Ebola health worker's audio diary from Sierra Leone

27 October 2014 Last updated at 13:32 GMT Many NHS staff have responded to the Ebola outbreak by going to West Africa to work in treatment centres. Dr Geraldine O'Hara is an infectious diseases...

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Ebola crisis: Archbishop of York urges worship in 'small groups'

23 October 2014 Last updated at 09:42 BST People of faith in countries struggling to combat the world's worst outbreak of Ebola should not meet in large numbers, the UK's Archbishop of York has said....

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Ebola in Liberia: Sufferers 'robbed of dignity'

28 October 2014 Last updated at 00:23 GMT The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, on the devastating impact of Ebola upon its people. In one case, a patient called...

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Ebola crisis: Mali confirms first infection case

25 October 2014 Last updated at 06:01 BST The Mali government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She...

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US envoy Samantha Power hails West Africa Ebola progress

29 October 2014 Last updated at 03:51 GMT The US has praised Ebola-hit West African nations and foreign donors for their efforts in tackling the outbreak. Speaking on a visit to the region, US envoy to...

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The frantic race an Ebola vaccine

23 October 2014 Last updated at 23:13 BST The World Health Organization has been holding a meeting to discuss potential vaccines for Ebola. It wants senior figures from the pharmaceutical industry to...

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How Ebola survivors’ blood is saving lives

20 October 2014 Last updated at 13:21 BST William Pooley, the British nurse who successfully recovered from the Ebola virus, has returned to work in West Africa. Subsequent patients, including Spanish...

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Ebola: BBC News special daily round-up programme

14 October 2014 Last updated at 19:12 BST BBC News presents a daily round-up of the main issues relating to the Ebola outbreak. Up to 8 October, 4,033 people had been reported as having died from the...

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Ebola outbreak: 'US may see more cases', says Obama

29 October 2014 Last updated at 21:23 GMT The United States may see more cases of Ebola, President Obama has said. He said it was essential the United States and other countries joined the fight...

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PM on Ebola: 'We will do everything we can to keep this country safe'

15 October 2014 Last updated at 13:27 BST David Cameron has pledged that the government will do everything it can to keep the UK safe from Ebola. Responding to a question by Nigel Dodds MP during PMQs,...

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Ebola: BBC News special programme

13 October 2014 Last updated at 19:02 BST BBC News presents a daily round-up of the main issues relating to the Ebola outbreak. Up to 8 October, 4,033 people had been reported as having died from the...

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Ebola voices from Sierra Leone

17 October 2014 Last updated at 06:46 BST The World Health Organization is to "ramp up" efforts to prevent Ebola spreading beyond the three countries in West Africa most affected by the deadly virus....

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