the w.h.o. says unsafe burial practices have contributed to the recent flare-up and there are also concerns that the battle against the disease will be sidetracked by a lack of money. >> at the end of february we will start running out of cash already which means two or three weeks from now. the one thing we can be sure of, there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. we cannot be sure we will have the money we need to stop ebola. >> the largest candidate of ebola treatment being run by french researchers has yielded encouraging results and liberia has begun the first vaccine trials but it's in its early stages. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. jarrod tan, al jazeera. >> al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have spent over 400 days behind bars. peter greste has arrived back home in australia after being released earlier this week. >>> security in nigeria

the w.h.o. said unsafe practices have added to the flare up. >> at the end of february, we will start running out of cash all right which means two or three weeks from now. the one thing we can be sure of, there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. we cannot be sure that we will have the money we need to make sure we stop that ebola. >> there are some positive signs. the largest clinical trial being run by french researchers yielded positive results and the first vaccine trials are started, but it's in early stages. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. al jazeera. >> the nigeria based armed group boko haram attacked a border town in niger marking the second time a neighboring country has been raided by the group. on wednesday fighters killed dozens in cameroon. cameroon is where three days of cries talks are being held to finalize the african union plans to battle boko haram

the w.h.o. said unsafe burial practices ever contributed to the recent flare up. there are concerns that the battle against the disease will be sidetracked by a lack of money. >> at the end of the february, we will run out of cash already which means two or three weeks from now the one thing we can be assured of is there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. >> there are some positive signs. the largest clinical trial with a candidate ebola treatment being run by french researchers has yielded encouraging results and liberia has recently started the first vaccine trials, but it's in its early stages. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. al jazeera. >> protestors gathered in two suburbs in the egyptian capitol. this was the scene in the neighborhood in southern cairo rallies against the government, protests taking place east of cairo, as well. >> al jazeera journalists mohamed

the w.h.o. e burial practices have contributed to the resent flare-up. and they are also concerns that the battle against the disease will be side tracked by a lack of money. >> at the end of february we will start running out of cash already which means two or three weeks from now the one thing we can be sure of there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. we cannot be sure we have the money that we need to make sure we stop that ebola. >> reporter: but there are some positive signs, the largest clinical trial was a candidate ebola treatment being run by french researchers has yielded encouraging results and liberia has recently started the first vaccine trials but it's in its early stages. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it different for health teams to reach effected areas, gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> three days of crisis talks begun in cameroon to finalize union against the fighters and last week a.u. leaders sent 7 1/2 t

the w.h.o. said unsafe burial practices contributed to the recent flare up. there are concerns that the battle against the deceased will be sidetracked by a lack of money. >> at the end of february, we will start running out of cash already, which means two or three weeks from now. we can be sure there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. we cannot be sure that we will have the money we need to make sure we stop that ebola. >> there are some positive signs. the largest clinical trial with a candidate ebola treatment has encouraging results and liberia started the first vaccine trials. it's in early stages. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april, which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. al jazeera. >> canada's supreme court court overturned a ban against doctor assessed suicide. the law was said to impinge on canadian rights, expanding euthanasia to adults with intolerable suffering. canada joins a handful of european

the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. jerald tan, al jazeera. >> al jazeera journalists boasmedbahermohamed and moasmed mohamed fahmy have spent more than 410 days in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> security has been stepped up ahead of nigeria's election. all sides are urged against violence, ahead of the february 14th vote. >> no one should be insighted to violence a warning that anyone who insights violence, anyone who commits crimes that the prosecutor is watching and the office of the prosecutor will not hesitate to take action against anyone who insights violence in nigeria. >>> almost abandoned after crowd violence erupted inside the stadium. police in riot gear responded after throwing bottles. >> overshadowed the match against equatorial guinea. fans were throwing water bottles onto the pitch. officials and police tried to restore some sort of calm.

the w.h.o. says unsafe burial practices have contributed to the recent flare up and there are concerns that the battle against the disease will be sidetracked by a lack of money. >> at the end of february, we will start running out of cash already, which means two or three weeks from now. the one thing we can be sure of, there will still be ebola in two or three weeks. we cannot be sure that we will have the money we need to make sure we stop that ebola. >> there are some positive signs. the largest clinical trial with a candidate ebola treatment being run by french researchers has encouraging results and they have started the first vaccine trials. the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season in april which will make it difficult for the health teams to reach affected areas. >> millions are expected to cast votes in new delhi to choose a new state government on saturday. the election is seen by many as a referendum on the ruling b.j.p. party. we have a report. >> in new del

. >> on friday, the w.h.o. proved the use of another diagnostic kit. scientists here want their kit approved too. they believe theirs is more accurate, because it detects the genetic makeup of the virus. ebola is still not under control. there is focus on finding a vaccine, but far less on way to say detect the virus. the team believes early detection will save time and lives. al jazeera. >> immigration laws will be reviewed following recommendations made into a report at a attack at a cafe last year. it says no specific government organization or person is to blame for the incident. three people including the gunman were killed. the gunman was an eight iranian born citizen who had south asylum in australia. >> 133 people are on death row in indonesia. crimes such as drug trafficking and murder are the main offenses for which prisoners are executed. indonesia says it has executed 12 people in the last 10 years. the family of a brazilian met him who is facing the death penalty for drug offenses. >> it's called the indonesian alcatraz, the prison island

the w.h.o. he number of new cases in sierra leone and guinea has risen for the second week running. 65 cases were reported in the first week of february alone. sierra leone had 76. liberia, though which was hardest hit has seen a significant slowdown in infections. this week it reported just 3 cases. >>> more than 9,000 people have died of ebola in all three countries. cross-border trade has been severely disrupted by the outbreak. senegal has decided to reopen its border with guinea. >> reporter: it's a long and dangerous journey for mohammed and his men. they have traveled from southern guinea across ebola-infected regions, carrying two tons of fish. >> translator: we don't want to hear about ebola anymore. it's destroyed everything including our trade. >> reporter: they are heading to senegal where they hope to sell their fish. they are not sure they will be allowed in. for the last eighth months senegal has closed its border with guinea to prevent ebola from spreading. the route is used by tr

the w.h.o. recommends a new type of syringe to cut infections like hiv and hepatitis. >>> hello and welcome. the film "birdman" has won the oscar for best picture and best director at the academy awards ceremony in hollywood. best actor went to eddie redmayne for his leading role in "the theory of everything," while the best actress award wednesday to julianne moore for "still alice." from hollywood, here's david willis. >> reporter: it's an evening of sumptuous glamour. the movie industry's big night out. a night when hollywood's new arrivals get to rub shoulders with some of the biggest stars on the planet. and everyone wants to talk to the man of the moment. patricia arquette was named best supporting actress for her role in "boyhood." she used her acceptance speech to make an impassioned appeal for equal rights for women. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> all themes in the acceptance speeches. a middle-aged w

. >> reporter: but the w.h.o. s to see more research before it approves the use of this japanese-made drug. tests in guinea have shown it halved mortality rates in patients with low to moderate levels of ebola. everyone agrees though that stopping the virus completely will require more than just science. response teams are facing public resistance, even to testing. >> sometime, young people are refusing. sometime we have the woman refusing to have children get for instance tested or checked. sometimes the elders. >> reporter: they're also trying to modify customs related to burials. in guinea, for example, people hug deceased loved ones which could put them in contact with infected body fluids. health care workers are encouraging them to wrap bodies although some people are resisting for religious reasons. it all means u.n. officials can't let their guard down. they won't say when ebola will be stopped for good. but they hope to make major progress before april, when the rainy season begins. >> when the rain comes,

the w.h.o. says the focus shifted to ending the epidemic. >>> we are getting an inside look at what it is is like to be quarantined on suspicion of having ebola. it happened to a belgian video journalist who wasn't feeling well following a trip to west africa. well he filmed everything that happened after that. here it is. >> you can tell people keep their distance. there were police officers securing the gas stations where i was waiting for the ambulance. they wouldn't get anywhere near 100 meters. so it really, you know taking precautions. and when i arrived at the hospital there was no one in the hallways. there was nobody anywhere. they have locked down everything so that my bed could get through to the room the isolation room where i stayed for three days. it's weird having people look at you, see you and see you as a threat. as i started feeling better, i started feeling ashamed to be there and having nurses dress up and go through all of these procedures. >> good morning. >> good morning.

the w.h.o. recommends limiting the amount of time you listen to music to an hour a day.ot spending more than eight hours at events above 85 decibels to avoid temporary or permanent hearing damage. most concerts hit more than 100 dpes decibels. good thing to keep in mind there. >>> now on to a mystery, 1,000 years in the making. it looks like an ordinary statue of a sitting buddha. it's what's inside that makes it so incredible. richard green has this story. >> this golden statue of the buddha has been hiding something from collectors and antiquity experts since the 14th century. the sta chai which originated in a chinese temple was smuggled to the netherlands where they revealed the secret a 1,000-year-old mummy encased in the cavity. experts put the object through a c.t. scan a three-dimensional x-ray image showed the full details of the sitting mummy. the mummy was found sitting on a bund le of cloth covered in chinese enskripgs, revealing the identity as a buddhist monk who may have practiced self mummification to prepare for life after death. a known tradition in cou

last week, the w.h.o. approved a test. design activities are developing other diagnostic tools to improve early detection. >> in the fight against ebola time plays a crucial role. the longer it takes to detect the virus the more likely it will spread and kill. currently it takes 12-24 hours to find out if someone is infected with the virus. >> there is no vaccine or treatment against ebola so detecting the virus and isolating the patient as early as possible is key to controlling the epidemic. >> long before this outbreak, a doctor joint forces with scientists to develop diagnostic kits. together they designed a solar powered diagnostic unit that works in 15 minutes. it's a lab in a suitcase that can work anywhere without electricity. >> with the mobile kit, we can test directly in the community and minimize patient exposure to the virus in medical facilities, because that continues to be where the virus propagates. >> the kits detect 30 pathogens and tack would another deadly epidemic affecting the middle east. the mrsa vi

according to the w.h.o. a total of 128 new cases were reported this week with only two in liberia. f the world, president obama announced that all but 100 u.s. troops deployed to fight ebola in west africa would come home by the end of april. the president stressed that the american mission was not yet complete that while ebola simmers, it's still a threat. >> it's an ember that can light a new fire. >>> the troops are heading home children are back to school. when will west africa and the world truly be out of the woods? experts say the number of cases must be zero for 42 days twice ebola's incubation period or this terrible epidemic could reignite. we'll be counting and hoping. >>> the correct answer to the gps challenge question is c, a third of the finalists hail from the united states. if only we could get that kind of public interest in nasa. after all, according to the oecd the united states does have the biggest space budget in the world at roughly $40 billion a year. china is next, with an annual budget of $6 billion, which incidentally is the exact amount mars one estimate

the w.h.o. warns that more needs to be done before the rainy season begins in april which will make it difficult for health teams to reach affected areas. al jazeera. >> let's get some weather. if it's range where you are right now spare a thought for the poor people of madagascar. it's not just raining there, it is really, really bucketing down. here to tell us more, our meteorologist. >> spot-on. we have the potential for catastrophic flooding over the next few days. look at that swirl of cloud in the mozambique channel. it has been raining here for weeks and we are going to see heavy rain, but the potential for a tropical cyclone to come through over the next couple of days. it has really been bucketing down in the southwest of the country, 26 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. on monday, we saw 112 millimeters of rain. further north we saw 400 millimeters of rain. across the western coast of madagascar in the course of only four days, that is over a month's worth in only four days. we have satu

the w.h.o is recommending the use of a new type of syringe that can only be used once. does come too late for 272 people in the cambodian village. they have already tested hiv positive. as david shipman now reports from raqqa, they received injections from an unlicensed doctor suspected of reusing his syringes. >> reporter: i'm in cambodia in the village of raqqa, which is in the grip of a health crisis because more than 200 people here have been infected with hiv. they'd all been given injections by a local unlicensed medic, suspected of reusing syringes and needles. so the question is is there any way to avoid this kind of thing from happening again? well, with me is mark koska, who's come up with a design for a better kind of syringe. talk us through the comparison of a normal syringe and your one. this is a normal syringe, made in billions around the world, but because of the design, you can use it as many times -- >> it's easy to refill. >> exactly. and you can't sterilize them. >> there's no way of doing that in a guaranteed way? >> no. so this is an auto-disable

the w.h.o. will hit $100 billion by 2025 with more than 100 new vaccines in the pipeline. five companies, merck, sanofi, novartis, and glaxo account for nearly 90% of the vaccine sales. merck makes measles vaccines combined with vaccines for other diseases like mumps. that segment reported $1.14 billion of sales for america. like vaccines, and drugs, they can take years to win approval, up to a billion dollars and 10 to 15 years, according to pharma, the trade association for drug companies and companies get exclusivity from the fda for new vaccines for 12 years. but profitability, it is hard to quantify. some vaccines for targeted diseases can make big money, but others for measles and flu for example, may not because big purchasers are governments, non-profit health organizations and big health care providers. they negotiate huge discounts because they purchase just, you know, crate loads, truckloads of these vaccines, but these vaccine makers are publicly-traded companies as we showed you. so

international partners each area is chaired by liberian and cochaired by an organization like the cdc and w.h.o. cochaired the management team and social mobilization would be cochaired by unicef psychosocial support would be cochaired by the -- program so we organized this multinational response to deal with the outbreak. before we had all of the sophistication of the liberian people themselves took charge of the disease and the social mobilization component committed an engagement component and ownership and people change their behaviors over time. by september we started seeing this exponential rejection and 1.4 people were going to die in and cdc came up with what they report that w.h.o. said about 20,000 people would die on a weekly basis so the liberian people got the message and said we have to change our behavior. simple messages were sent out. number one the disease has no cure. the disease has no vaccine. the disease had a very high case fatality rate of close to 25 to 90% but it is preventable. so what we need to do is if somebody is sick make sure that you don't test sick people, ma

cdc came up with the report that 20,000 people, w.h.o. said 20,000 people die on a weekly basis. so the liberian people got the message and said look we have to change our behavior. so simple messages were sent out. number one the disease has no cure. the disease has no vaccine. the disease had a very high case fatality rate of close to 25 to 90%. and so but it is preventable. so what you need to do is if someone is sick make sure that you don't touch sick people. make sure that you don't bury the dead. you call the health team. ensure that you wash hands 24 hours with soap and water rain. so everywhere you went in monrovia or everywhere you are right now, they were handwashing corners in shops homes and marketplaces, supermarkets. everywhere there's handwashing corners, people washing their hands. no touching of dead bodies. so the behavior change alone played a very, very critical role in combination with the huge, huge international support. the international committee community came very late and we are very much grateful when i told you we met in their office under the leader

we just spoke with the produce manager here at the paradise food in the plaza who w.h.o. remembers business owners having to salvage their merchandise. >> that's a big issue with this building. the tide is right here when the water comes up at high tide if it's really bad it floods out the whole parking lot. >> reporter: and now you're looking at some video from novato during december's flooding. homes had a little bit of damage there, some outside sheds mostly due to backed up drains. live in tiburon the boxes piled high, the repair work still happening at this store. marin county public works crews say they will be ready, on standby, hoping to clear things up so that there's no water backup and no more damage. again hoping it doesn't look like it did back in december. live in tiburon this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thanks, steph. of course staying in the north bay, not far from tiburon, a live look at the drive through san rafael this morning. the big "s" curve, traffic moving smoothly so far this morning, picking up just a little bit. the roads ar

cdc came out with the report that 20,000 people w.h.o. said, 20,000 people will die on a weekly basis, so the liberian people got the message and said, look, we have to change our behavior. so simple messages were thrown out fp. number one the disease has no cure. the disease has no vaccine. the disease had a very high case fatality rate of close to 25% to 90%. but it is preventable. so what you need to do is if somebody is sick, make sure that you don't touch sick people. make sure that you don't bury the dead call the health team. ensure that you wash hands 24 hours with soap and water so everywhere you went in monrovia or everywhere you go right now there are hand washing corners of shops of homes, and marketplaces, supermarkets, anywhere there's hand washing corner and people washing their hands. no touching of dead bodies. so the behavior changed alone play a very, very critical role in combination with the huge, huge international support. the international community came very late, but came very weak. and we are very much grateful w

. >> now globally the world health organization credits measles vaccines with helping prevent millions of deaths. i want you to take a look at this graphic from w.h.ocan see in the early 1980s, there were more than 4 million measles cases per year. when fewer than 20% of the world's children were munlzed. but as vaccination rates increased, in the red, look at that line the number of measles cases in the blue dropped dramatically. the cases went down. important to remember that. there were fewer than 2,000 cases per year in the u.s. now despite that progress measles is a problem in developing countries. fewer than half of all infapts receive the measles vaccine in the countries you see here in red. children in the countries in orange don't fare much better with immunization rates between 50 and 79%. the vaccine is much more available in yellow and blue. more than 90% are immunized in the blue nations. earlier i spoke with arthur caplan. he thank you for joining us. we know there's indisputable evidence that in the arias of the world where people are getting vaccinated against measles, there's a lower number of cases. so how do you get that simple m

the more reason why it's important this u.n. resolution last year, 2165 being able to work across borders so organizations like w.h.o. can move across those lines of conflict. and you need to continue to support that. the other maybe helpful mitigating factor is that syrians are used to getting vaccinations. and they demand it. some refugees we work with or people in underdeveloped county countries are not used to it. they are used to it and so, they're looking for vaccination and that does help mitigate some of the problems. >> ranking member deutsche. >> thank you. mr. chairman. i'd like to and thanks again, both of you, thanks for being so patient for allowing us to do the other part of our job. i'd like to ask about another issue i've raised several times in this committee. what are we doing to increase our support from >>> so how do we get our partners around the world to not only continue to care about the human tear yan crisis and talk about the crisis but to actually do their part to help alleviate the suffering? >> thank you very much congress. >> we're approaching a year where we're dealing with and we've ta

the areas were chaired by liberians. what we did was with our international partners, we incorporated them. so each area chaired by a liberian but chaired by an organization led by c.d.c. w.h.o. social organization would be co-chaired by unicef. social support would be chaired by another. we organized this national, multinational response to deal with the outbreak. but before we had all of this sophistication, the liberian people themselves took charge of the disease and then the social mobilization component and the ownership, people changed their behaviors over time. by september, we started seeing them banding. the projection that at one point, four million people were going to die if nothing was done. c.d.c. came out with a report. 20,000 people would die on a weekly basis. so the liberian people got the message and said look, we have to change our behavior. simple messages were thrown out there. number one, the disease has no cure. the disease has no vaccine. the disease has a very high case of fatality rate of close to 25% -90 but it is preventable. if somebody is sick don't touch the people. make sure you don't bury the dead. ensure that you wash your hands 24 hours w