UNMEER Sierra Leone Crisis Manager Bintou Keita with Ebola survivors and staff from German NGO Cap Anamur.
UNMEER commissions water well at children’s Ebola care centre in Freetown
The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) Sierra Leone Ebola Crisis Manager (ECM), Bintou Keita, last week inaugurated an UNMEER-funded water borehole project at the Observatory Interim Care Centre…
At main UN economic and social body, former US President Clinton calls for partnerships to boost health
As the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met to discuss the role of partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 development agenda, the focus fell on the recent response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa and…
Ban to convene international Ebola recovery conference in New York
To help mobilize needed resources “in the last mile of the response” against the Ebola outbreak and to start the affected West African countries on the path of early recovery, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
UN health agency warns rainy season now hampering Ebola response in West Africa
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today reported an increase in the intensity and geographic area of Ebola transmission in Guinea and Sierra Leone, warned that the onset of the rainy season “from now onwards”…
As Liberia's school systems recover after Ebola outbreak, UNICEF distributes thousands of learning kits
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun distributing the first batches of 700,000 teaching and learning kits to thousands of schools across Liberia, where last year’s Ebola outbreak disrupted the education of…
Sierra Leonean and Guinean leaders visit border to reinvigorate Ebola response
Leaders of the two remaining countries battling Ebola, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone and President Alpha Condé of Guinea, jointly visited the border post between Gbalamuya in Kambia District in Sierra Leone and…
Decline in Ebola cases stalls in West Africa, UN health agency reports
The number of Ebola cases in West Africa has increased for the second straight week, with the number of cases that arose from unknown sources of infection highlighting the challenges still faced in finding and eliminating…
New Ebola Transit Centre Opens Amid Rise In Cases In Western Guinea
A rise in new confirmed Ebola cases in Boké prefecture in Western Guinea has seen response partners step up efforts to contain the virus in that region. In Kamsar, an important mining town in Boké, a new Transit Centre for…
UNMEER Chief Wraps up Visit to Western Guinea, “Confident” in Ability to Reach Zero Ebola Cases
Throughout most of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the western prefecture of Boke, Guinea, had not experienced a single case. But a recent flare up of cases there has prompted a response surge, with partners even worried…
An Ebola survivor on a mission
Twenty-seven-year-old Bintu Massaquoi was cheerfully narrating how she survived the Ebola virus disease until she was asked how much she missed her husband and her five-year-old child, both killed by the disease. Her mood…
Senior UN official travels to Guinea Bissau after new Ebola cases reported in bordering Guinea
The head of the United Nations mission for Ebola response has begun a visit to take stock of prevention and preparedness efforts in Guinea Bissau, which remains at high risk given its proximity to Guinea where new cases of…
UN Ebola response mission flags importance of staying vigilant as virus resurfaces in Liberia
The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that Ebola had resurfaced in Liberia after a teenager who died earlier this week tested positive for the disease in the West African country that had been declared free of…