Faces of the Ebola response
This photo gallery tells the stories of people contributing to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Our highest gratitude for their hard work and dedication.
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The Guinean town that overcame Ebola
"When we got the results from Conakry confirming that Ebola had reached our place, we were scared,” says Dr Maurice Ony Beuvogui, the Director of the district hospital in Telimele, a Guinean town located some 270 kilomet…
Read moreUN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response in Accra
30 September 2014 -- As the number of patients with Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone surpassed 6500 with more than 3000 deaths, the United Nations is increasing the momentum to curb the spread of the disease. Th…
Read moreWHO helps Central African Republic assess damage and restore its health system
WHO assessment sheds light on Central African Republic’s shattered health system Tumult in this landlocked country was so extensive in the spring of 2014 that officials were not sure how much of its health system was …
Read moreWorld Heart Day 2014: salt reduction saves lives
On World Heart Day, 29 September, WHO is calling on countries to decrease the overuse of salt by implementing WHO’s sodium reduction recommendations to cut the number of people experiencing heart disease and stroke, and,…
Read moreEbola in west Africa: looking back, moving forward
This week marks 6 months since WHO was notified of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea. This outbreak has since evolved into the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the history of the disease. The …
Read moreStudy warns swift action needed to curb exponential climb in Ebola outbreak: Investigation of new data expands information on spread of outbreak and case fatality rate
22 September 2014 ¦ GENEVA -Unless Ebola control measures in west Africa are enhanced quickly, experts from the WHO and Imperial College, London, predict numbers will continue to climb exponentially, and more than 20&nbs…
Read moreWHO welcomes decision to establish United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response
19 September 2014, New York/Geneva - Nearly six months after the first case of Ebola in West Africa was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and the Security Coun…
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