The Ebola outbreak has already taken many lives in Western Africa, and the long-term economic consequences for affected countries are likely to be dramatic. Such crises can easily spiral out of control and affect other parts of...
Joseph Akoi Bore, who works in the Guéckédou Mobile Lab in Guinea, filmed the Foya Mobile Lab during a visit earlier this year. The video is narrated by Stephan Günther, the team leader of the EU Mobile Labs project and it shows...
Earlier this year, colleagues working at the EU Mobile Lab in Guéckédou, Guinea made a short film representing a typical day working in the lab. Each team stays in the field for four weeks, but they work long hours, processing 50...
The recent Ebola virus outbreak has taken the world by surprise. Infecting over 17000 people, and resulting in a reported 6070 deaths to date*, this outbreak has raised several questions. Were we prepared enough to deal with such...
The Ebola epidemic has taken many lives, breaking up families and leaving numerous children parentless. But it has also left its mark on the economies of affected countries. In Sierra Leone it has more or less ‘destroyed’ the...
Q&A with Rupert Simons, Chief Executive Officer of Publish What You Fund. Publish What You Fund is a non-profit organisation that campaigns for aid transparency. “We believe that information is power and we campaign to make that...
