Doctors Without Borders

An Ebola Strategy Brings Good News To One Liberian Town

3:49pm October 30, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

The town of Foya has had no new cases in a month. Credit goes to a care center and an ongoing effort to calm fears and allow family members to communicate with patients — and view the dead.

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An Ebola health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus.

American Volunteers In Liberia Are Anti-Quarantine

5:03pm October 28, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

They fear that the threat of isolating a returning health worker for 21 days will cause a drop in the number of volunteers at a time when more medical staff is needed to quash the outbreak.

Nurse Criticizes Quarantine After Negative Ebola Test, Hires Lawyer

4:05pm October 26, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Kaci Hickox says she doesn't have a fever; a preliminary blood test came back negative for Ebola. She reportedly hired a civil rights attorney to work for her release Sunday.

New York, New Jersey Will Quarantine All Travelers With Ebola Contact

6:51pm October 24, 2014

by Chris Hopkins

The announcement follows the positive Ebola test that came back Thursday night for Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently had returned to New York City after a stint with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea.

After losing most of his family to Ebola, health worker Alexander Kollie (right) is building a new life with son Kollie James, the 1,000th survivor of the disease to be cared for by Doctors Without Borders.

My Son Is Doctors Without Borders' 1,000th Ebola Survivor

7:19pm October 21, 2014

by Alexander Kollie

Liberian health worker Alexander Kollie lost his wife, daughters and brother to Ebola. Then his son tested positive for the disease. He survived, and now father and son are building a new life.

CDC Announces New Guidelines For Health Care Workers Treating Ebola Patients

7:55pm October 20, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The new guidelines call for a site supervisor, who makes sure healthcare workers put on and remove their personal protective equipment correctly.

Health & Safety

In Collecting And Cremating Ebola Victims, A Grim Public Service

8:28pm October 09, 2014

Robert Siegel talks to Stephen Rowden, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders who was in Liberia. For a month, Rowden was in charge of removing and cremating the bodies of Ebola victims.

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Medical workers in Monrovia, Liberia, put on their protective suits before treating Ebola patients

Why Raising Money To Fight Ebola Is Hard

5:40pm September 22, 2014

by Zoe Chace

Donors like being part of a recovery story. It's hard to tell that kind of story about Ebola.

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Dr. Joanne Liu (left), international president of Doctors Without Borders poses with a member of the MSF medical team at the organization's Ebola treatment center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone.

Doctors Without Borders: What We Need To Contain Ebola

8:51pm August 19, 2014

by NPR Staff

Dr. Joanne Liu of Doctors Without Borders says fear and a lack of sense of urgency has kept the international community in their home countries rather than stepping up to the plate in West Africa.

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