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Response workers battling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa will receive “hazard pay” for the first time in Sierra Leone using mobile money because “unless there is a certain element of incentives, or danger pay, it’s very…
For the first time in Sierra Leone, hazard payments to Ebola Response Workers (ERWs) will be made using mobile money. Sudipto Mukerjee, Country Director for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone…
Recognizing that grappling with the Ebola outbreak has slowed the Liberian Government’s efforts to advance certain governance and national reforms, the Security Council today extended the United Nations mission in the country…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today recommended that creditors should seriously consider debt cancellation for the countries worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and also projected that…
Amid a spike in Ebola transmission rates in Sierra Leone, the United Nations envoy coordinating the massive global crisis response has travelled to the West African nation to help implement a surge in efforts to contain the…
In response to rising transmission rates of Ebola Virus Disease in parts of Sierra Leone, the Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, travelled to the country on 11-12 December 2014 to…
The international community must help Ebola-affected countries reboot their health systems so that they emerge from the current crisis more resilient and more focused on prevention efforts than ever before, a high-level…
While the priority is to stop the Ebola outbreak, measures must also ensure that the emergency response is linked to longer-term efforts to strengthen health systems in those countries hit the hardest, President of the United…
Despite world cereal production likely to reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014, a total of 38 countries are at risk of food insecurity, including 29 in Africa, with food insecurity worsening in…
The United Nations today congratulated the front line workers in the field battling Ebola on their well-deserved recognition as Time “Person of the Year,” while countries affected by the outbreak and their partners met to…
Global economic growth is forecast to continue increasing over the next two years, the United Nations reported today, despite legacies from the financial crisis continuing to weigh on growth, and the emergence of new…
National leaders from across West Africa met in Monrovia, Liberia on Tuesday to discuss strategies for improved communication and cooperation as they work to stop the Ebola outbreak and ensure that cases do not cross borders…