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                    [Title] => Tide turning in Ebola fight after hard lessons
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A top UN official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra Leone. Families in Liberia are no longer required to cremate the remains of loved ones to halt the spread of the virulent disease.

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Sierra Leone rang in the new year without the usual midnight festivities on its beaches in the steamy capital. Instead, the president urged the nation to stay at home, fast and pray that the plague of Ebola will finally end in West Africa.

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Sierra Leone rang in the new year without the usual midnight festivities on its beaches in the steamy capital. Instead, the president urged the nation to stay at home, fast and pray that the plague of Ebola will finally end in West Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-10 04:34:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488809 [AuthorName] => Maria Cheng and Clarence Roy-Macaulay [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140806/ebola.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1353414 [Title] => Why isn't there a treatment or vaccine for Ebola? [Summary] =>

In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn't changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease.

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In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn't changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease.

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More children and pregnant women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are receiving treatment, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.

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The 20th World AIDS Day is celebrated across the globe today, with some 33.2 million people infected with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus.

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