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• Tackle Ebola in Africa to ensure threat to UK is stemmed, says medical expert

  22 Oct 2014: Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, says risks to British low, but NHS and global community need to act now

• African Minerals founder agrees to buy Marampa mine in Sierra Leone

  22 Oct 2014: Frank Timiș, chair of leading iron ore producer, arranges funds for acquisition from Cape Lambert Resources

• Justine Greening meets British Ebola survivor Will Pooley in Sierra Leone

  21 Oct 2014: Minister visits Freetown clinic as part of UK £125m response to crisis, meeting nurse who returned after recovering from virus

• Ebola in Sierra Leone increasing to rate of more than 20 deaths per day

  21 Oct 2014: Government estimates confirm rise with 49 new cases at start of week across two Ebola zones in capital Freetown

• British troops tackling Ebola in Sierra Leone will be 'pretty safe', says soldier - video

  Video (1min 08sec), 21 Oct 2014:

  A British soldier traveling to Sierra Leone to train health workers says there is 'an element of excitement' to the trip

• Ebola: Justine Greening flies to Sierra Leone with British army medics – video

  Video (2min 01sec), 21 Oct 2014:

  International development secretary Justine Greening heads to Sierra Leone with around 100 British army medics

• Parents of nurse who survived Ebola back his decision to return to Africa

  21 Oct 2014: William Pooley’s parents, Robin and Jackie, speak of their pride at their son’s bravery in facing risk of catching disease again

• UK steps up aid to help Sierra Leone fight Ebola

  21 Oct 2014: International development secretary joins troops flying to stricken west African country

• Only three Ebola-infected travellers per month are likely to fly from west Africa

  21 Oct 2014: Lancet study says that exit screening from Ebola-hit countries most efficient; only 8.7% of travellers from the region go to UK

• MSF volunteers put themselves in the frontline of fight against Ebola

  20 Oct 2014: More than 3,000 people have signed up to work for the NGO since the epidemic erupted in west Africa. Nine have died

• Why I keep going back to West Africa to fight Ebola

  Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Now on her third deployment, volunteer Ella Watson–Stryker explains what it is like combating the disease

• I volunteered to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone with MSF. Here’s what happened

  20 Oct 2014: Natasha Lewer: You pour the sweat out of your boots, see body bags and miracles, and constantly monitor your own health. Sierra Leone’s health system is in desperate trouble

• Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola may be clear of the disease

  19 Oct 2014: Initial tests on Teresa Romero return negative result for the virus following treatment in isolation unit in Madrid

• The bigger questions around the Ebola outbreak

  19 Oct 2014: Letters: What are your human rights during quarantine? Is the emphasis on economic development in aid at the expense of the population? What about malaria?

• Will Pooley told he may not be immune to Ebola as he returns to Sierra Leone

  19 Oct 2014: British nurse who survived virus after being airlifted to UK said it was an ‘easy decision’ to go back to help contain outbreak

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