Tag Archives: Ebola

Ebola is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the World Health Organzation (WHO) has declared.

A report into the WHO’s recent handling of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and its more recent health ‘advice’ over processed meat has pointed to a need for a fundamental review of the organisation’s constitution and mandate, writes Dr Muiris Houston.

HSE medical staff will now find it easier to join responses to international humanitarian crises following a review by the Executive of its special leave policies, after confirming the Irish Ebola aid response was ‘hampered by red tape’.

Antiviral-based therapies have the potential to protect humans from the deadly Ebola virus, according to a report published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

The overall risk of a case of Ebola being imported into in Ireland remains low, the HSE said, although the Executive is being notified by the Department of Foreign affairs of all Irish citizens travelling to West Africa and at any one time is monitoring around five individuals for signs of the disease.

Dear Editor, I am both humbled and exhilarated by the incredibly generous response to my ‘Sr Mary Sweeney-Ebola Fund’ appeal for humanitarian assistance for Sr Mary’s work in Makeni, Sierra Leone.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will host the first clinical trials of Ebola treatments in three treatment centres in West Africa, the international medical humanitarian organisation has announced.

Ireland’s decision to join a cross-border medicine purchasing initiative could be useful for the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the long-term, should it spread to Europe and medication for the viral infection be developed, the Department of Health has said.

Health professionals from all 29 hospitals identified to receive Ebola cases in the first incidence attended an all-day conference in Mater Hospital last week to develop Ireland’s readiness to deal with EVD, should a case arise here.

Following concerns expressed by ICGP members, the HPSC has issued further clarification in relation to the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) packs supplied for the management of ebola patients in the general practice setting.