Research has identified a range of health complications in Ebola survivors. These include eye complications and vision problems.
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The new Ebola vaccine is yet to be licensed but evidence shows that it protects against the strain of the virus.
Without the current experimental vaccine the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to spiral out of control.
Banning travel might not always be the best way to respond to a disease outbreak.
There have been ten Ebola outbreaks recorded from the DRC between 1976 and 2018 from different locations. This implies that the virus is widely spread.
History, and math, tell us that the Ebola virus spreads exponentially quickly. This means Ebola is a global problem and all nations need to rally -- to stop the epidemic fast.
The DRC has developed good systems to diagnose Ebola. But it's surveillance systems are still weak.
Lassa outbreaks are becoming more widespread in Nigeria but have not been given national emergency status like Ebola.
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Senior Medical Scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Senior Honorary Lecturer on Infectious Diseases, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, University of Sussex
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Associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in emerging diseases, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Sussex
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PhD candidate, MRC Centre for virus research, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Ophthalmology, Emory University
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Assistant Professor , Emory University
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Associate professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
