Documentary: Battling the dry (Video)

 101 East explores the human cost of the severe drought paralysing Australia’s north.
More documentaries…

Documentary: Bursting at the seams – Indonesia (Video)

 Can the country that is already battling poverty and pollution avoid a population explosion?
More documentaries…

Sierra Leone’s war against Ebola

Medical facilities are fiercely battling the world’s largest outbreak of the deadly disease.

By: Tommy Trenchard

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/

In Sierra Leone’s Kailahun province, the world’s largest Ebola outbreak continues to spread through remote villages. One of the few lines of defence comes from a treatment centre run by the charity Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF).

While there is no specific cure for the disease, treatment of its symptoms can significantly reduce its fatality rate. With an overstreched team and a series of logisitical obstacles inherent in treating a contagious virus in a remote location, the centre is doing what it can.

“It’s promising to see that the limited amount of things we can do is having such a major effect,” says MSF’s Dr Tim Jagatic. “We’re bringing down the mortality rate significantly”. About four out of 10 patients at the center will survive, he says. A huge improvement from the 10 percent survivial rate in previous outbreaks.

PICTURES: VIEW SLIDESHOW