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IS GABON READY? EST CE QUE LE GABON EST PRÊT?

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English version   An Ebola epidemic is currently raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. This situation raises legitimate concerns for the entire Central African region, including Gabon.  The threat is taken all the more seriously as it involves the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is not yet an approved vaccine (unlike the Zaire strain). Is Gabon ready? Gabon is no stranger to the Ebola virus, having suffered several epidemics between 1994 and 2002. The country therefore possesses experience and health protocols regarding the management of hemorrhagic fevers. The CIRMF (Franceville Medical Research Center) is one of Gabon's greatest assets. This high-security (BSL-4) laboratory is a continental reference. It is fully capable of rapidly diagnosing and identifying the virus strain, preventing any loss of time from sending samples abroad. Since the current strain is the Bundibugyo virus, Gabon cannot rely on preventive vaccination campaigns. The response relies ...
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OTHERS ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE! LES AUTRES PENSENT DÉJÀ À L’ÉDUCATION DU FUTUR!

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English version   The Campus AI Crisis  Young graduates can’t find jobs. Colleges know they have to do something. But what? By  Jeffrey Selingo , author of 'Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You' When I left for college in the fall of 1991, the internet era was just beginning. By sophomore year, I received my first email address. By junior year, the first commercial web browser was released. The summer after graduation, I worked as a reporter at the  Arizona Republic  covering the internet’s rise in our everyday lives, writing about the opening of internet cafés and businesses launching their first websites. I was part of an in-between class of graduates who went off to college just before a new technology transformed what would define our careers. So when Alina McMahon, a recent University of Pittsburgh graduate, described her job search to me, I immediately recognized her predicament. McMahon began college before AI was a thing. Three and a ha...
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