20 October 2014 -- WHO officially declares that Nigeria is now free of Ebola virus transmission. This is a spectacular success story that shows that Ebola can be contained. The story of how Nigeria ended what many believed to be potentially the most explosive Ebola outbreak imaginable is worth telling in detail.
21 October 2014 -- Globally, lead poisoning kills an estimated 143 000 people every year. Young children are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure as they absorb 4–5 times as much ingested lead as adults from a given source. This feature story describes Uruguay’s efforts to protect the population from lead exposure through a series of laws that address the main sources of contamination, such as lead paint.
20 October 2014 -- Involving the community is part of a people-centred approach to health systems that aims to motivate individuals to make decisions about their own health. This feature story illustrates how people in Tunisia contributed to a national debate on the health-care system which has been accepted at the National Health Conference.
20 October 2014 -- One of the challenges in the Ebola outbreak in Liberia has been a lack of local access to laboratories that can provide a quick and firm diagnosis of the disease. This month a new, high-tech mobile laboratory opened near Monrovia. Until the new lab was running, health workers had to wait 2 days to have a preliminary Ebola diagnosis confirmed. Now it takes just 3 to 5 hours to get results.