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…
Read moreAccra, 28 August 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa has called on countries to avoid taking actions that compromise the efforts to effectively respond to the ongoing Ebola outbre…
Read moreBrazzaville, 27 August 2014 - The first in a series of preparedness and response workshops aimed at strengthening Africa’s defences against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak occurring in parts of West Africa began o…
Read moreAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, August 26, 2014 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has received a $60-million grant by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support on-going efforts to stop th…
Read moreImmunizing children against measles is a priority in the Central African Republic. In January 2014, more than 115 000 children aged 6 months to 15 years were vaccinated in health centres across the country by national he…
Read more“When we first arrived at the village, things started well. We told people we’d come to explain about Ebola and to learn why they didn’t want medical teams to come to the village and help their families,” says Hina Tegui…
Read more31 July 2014 -- The new joint US$ 100 million response plan is part of an intensified international, regional and national campaign to bring the outbreak under control. “The scale of the Ebola outbreak, and the persisten…
Read more“It was great that Mauricio and I arrived the same day; we were able to share first, very shocking, impressions and to go through the process of adapting to difficult working conditions together,” says Dr Catherine Houli…
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