High-level U.S. Delegation visits UNMEER Chief to discuss Ebola response
On the second day of his visit to West Africa, Thomas Shannon, Counselor to Secretary of State John Kerry, and a U.S. delegation visited the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) headquarters in Accra, Ghana to…
Amid uptick in Ebola cases, UN agency cites challenges in reaching affected communities
New cases of Ebola rose again in Guinea and transmission remains widespread in Sierra Leone, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported as it and the UN Ebola response mission both raised concerns about…
Small business owners have lost up to 60% of their production of rice since the Ebola outbreak. Photo WFP/D. Le Du
International conference on Ebola, an invaluable opportunity to take stock of the situation and identify the way forward
The United Nations and the European Union (EU) will host a High-Level International Conference on Ebola in Brussels, on 3 March 2015. Chaired by Neven Mimica, the EU Commissioner of International cooperation and Development…
President Koroma intensifies social mobilization, introduces new UNMEER Crisis Manager
Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma last Friday visited some of those quarantined in Aberdeen village, central Freetown and Tombo fishing village, in the outskirts of the city, to mobilize inhabitants for the Ebola…
Ebola: UN tells Brussels meeting world must ‘stay on course’ to get to, remain at zero cases
Representatives of United Nations organizations engaged in the response against Ebola today pledged their support to the worst-affected West African countries in “each stage of this journey; the drive to zero, the early…
‘We face a critical turning point’ – UN chief says at Headquarters Ebola concert
The international community is now faced with “a critical turning point” in defeating Ebola, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at a United Nations Headquarters event last night, as he urged support to the affected countries…
UN health agency announces start of Ebola vaccine testing in worst-affected areas of Guinea
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will begin conducting Ebola vaccination trials in Guinea this week, which if found effective, could be the “game-changer to finally end the epidemic” that has…
Ould Cheikh Ahmed discussing steps to end Ebola crisis with French officials in Paris.Photo: UNMEER/Fatoumata Lejeune
In Europe UNMEER Head stresses role of communities in ending Ebola, says Guinea a priority
Paris – Today the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMEER, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, wrapped up a two-day visit to Paris where he met senior officials to discuss ways to end Ebola transmissions…
Two UN agencies combine expertise in new partnership to reach zero Ebola cases
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today announced they are combining their expertise in public health and logistics in a new partnership to bring the Ebola outbreak down to…
Staff of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMER) join the Yellow Ribbon campaign of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) to push Ebola awareness in Sierra Leone where new cases continue to be registered in and around the capital Freetown.
Yellow is the colour! UNMEER joins journalists’ group in campaign to end Ebola
On Friday, Staff of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) in Sierra Leone went to work in yellow dresses, giving momentum to a Yellow Ribbon campaign launched in February by the Sierra Leone…
Powerful effects of Ebola outbreak felt outside worst-affected countries, UN report finds
The effects of Ebola, which has infected nearly 24,000 people and killed nearly 10,000, mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, extend beyond the people who suffer from the virus and even beyond the borders of the worst…
'Health at very center of disaster risk reduction,' say UN agency officials in Sendai
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders that health and stronger health system capacities must be central to the new…