Ebola outbreak threatens 20,000 people according to WHO...

While the current Ebola outbreak threatens to affect up to 20 thousand people in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented a roadmap to coordinate international efforts to end the epidemic. 

WHO seeks to control HIV transmission worldwide within six to nine months, according to a statement issued yesterday where he also referred to the need to address, in parallel, the socioeconomic impact of this outbreak. 

That roadmap answers the urgent need to expand ostensibly international response to a crisis, which experts still not reached its critical moment, because 40 percent of the cases have occurred in recent weeks. 

Nigeria closes schools nationwide by ebola

The Nigerian government ordered all primary and secondary schools nationwide as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, which has killed at least 427 thousand dead in West Africa. 

The school year, which was to begin next Monday, to begin on 13 October, as agreed between the Nigerian Ministry of Education and the 36 states that make up the country, The Punch newspaper reported. 

The ministry seeks this measure give her time to train faculty in the detection and management of suspected cases of Ebola, which is transmitted by direct contact with infected bodily fluids. 

For the new school year, each school shall immediately designate two people who will be trained against Ebola and will liaise with the Ministry of Health for possible cases. 

WHO: Ebola outbreak in West Africa represents "the greater geographical spread"

The current outbreak of Ebola in Africa Ocidental, which has exceeded the borders of three countries for the first time, is the largest geographical spread of the disease, a spokeswoman said today the World Health Organization (WHO).

"This is a complex outbreak involving multiple sites in three countries with much transboundary movement between communities. Highest number of cases in a large city like Conakry and new cases near Monrovia, make it one of the more outbreaks of Ebola challenging in history, "said WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib, in a press conference.