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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleEbola 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....
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleEbola: 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...
View ArticleUganda'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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleTraining 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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleEbola 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....
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleEbola: 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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticlePM 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,...
View ArticleEbola: 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...
View ArticleEbola 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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