CCTV’s James Chau interviews co-discoverer of the Ebola virus Peter Piot from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the recent outbreak of Ebola in western Africa.
A report published in Science sequencing and analysing the genomes of Ebola virus samples from 78 people in Sierra Leone who were diagnosed with Ebola provides new insights into how the virus is changing during the outbreak. The findings could help improve diagnostic tests and, in the long term, guide researchers working on vaccines and treatments.
WHO has issued a roadmap to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa. The roadmap aims to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6-9 months while managing the consequences of any further international spread.
I’ve just been reading the findings of a research programme that concludes that the whole MDGs exercise has been plagued by negative (if unintended) consequences, and that these are a result of the whole process of setting goals and targets (so the post2015/SDG process is likely to go the same way). Have I got your attention?, writes Duncan Green.
Today we look at women’s human rights and the discriminatory principles underpinning some laws around the world. For example, in Algeria and Tunisia, the law allows rapists to walk free if they marry their victim—if she’s aged under 18. Others make the severity of punishment for rape dependent on whether the victim was a virgin.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should address human rights violations among its member states as part of measures to improve the lives of its people, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said before the start of the 34th Summit of Heads of State and Government of SADC.
Weakened institutions, lack of economic opportunity, and increased occurrence of sexual violence and assault—already identified as drivers of child marriage—are exacerbated during armed conflict and natural disaster.