Thursday 16 October 2014

Don't shun Ebola survivors: give them frontline roles, say officials

By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - Ebola survivors could play critical frontline roles as care givers and blood donors in the battle against the deadly virus - because of their built-in immunity to it, top charity and government officials in Sierra Leone said on Thursday. Andrew Brooks, a senior U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) official, said developing a network of those who had survived the highly infectious disease and could be involved in the response against it would be a way of more effectively addressing the outbreak that has killed nearly 4,500 people. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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