EBOLA IN GUINEA: An unprecedented epidemic | MSF |

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Channel: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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MSF has launched an emergency intervention and continues to reinforce its teams to respond to an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Guinea. To date, Guinean health authorities have reported 127 suspected cases and 83 deaths.

52 international staff are working alongside Guinean MSF staff and in cooperation with Guinea's Ministry of Health. They are active in Conakry, as well as in the provincial towns of Guekedou and Macenta in the east of the country.

NOTE: This video was produced on 01/04/14 - The ministry of health now accounts for 134 suspected cases and 84 deaths. SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/15M9M8v

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