The availability of an effective vaccine and treatments do not negate the importance of building trust and understanding in communities affected by the Ebola outbreak, warns the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Christian Aid has welcomed the World Health Organisation’s decision to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern.
Health professionals who volunteer in the developing world are providing substantial benefits to the NHS when they return, according to the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham, and Health Education England researchers.