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The United Nations Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands as the Secretary-General's Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency…
For the first time since the start of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, thousands of health workers are fanning out across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in nationwide immunization campaigns with an aim to protect three…
Not many Liberians have heard about the Liberty & Justice Factory (L&J) in Monrovia. Located in the Johansen Community, a stone’s throw away from the diplomatic enclave of Mamba Point, the factory produces clothes of all…
With fresh statistics on the Ebola outbreak reflecting a halt in the decline in West Africa, the United Nations today began a campaign to engage more women – who have been disproportionately affected by the disease – as well…
While there has been important progress over recent months, the Ebola epidemic remains a pressing challenge, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that on the road to eradicating the scourge the…
Intense efforts to control the Ebola outbreak in the three most-affected West African countries in will continue, the United Nations health chief said in Washington, DC today, adding that the international community is also…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Washington, D.C. today where he is meeting with members of Congress and other Unites States officials to discuss the crises in Yemen and Syria and other pressing global…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, welcomed the reopening of schools in Sierra Leone as a sign…
For over a month now, West Point residents have been landing a hand in repairing the Nathaniel Varney Massaquoi School, the only public school in the overpopulated township. Both skilled and unskilled volunteers have been…
With a megaphone in hand and sweating under the scorching Saturday afternoon sun, Saidu Bah meanders his way through the busy Hagan Street market, in Magazine Cut, Freetown, Sierra Leone, saying, “Wash your hands. Let’s end…
A meeting convened by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa still poses a threat to international peace and security, despite a major fall-off in in case…
With global crises on the rise, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that its new registration system will enable it to build a global roster of foreign medical response teams ready to deploy in…