After Ebola outbreak missteps, WHO must re-establish itself as 'guardian of global public health' – review panel
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued today by a panel of experts tasked to look into the agency's response to the unprecedented 2014 Ebola outbreak, which said that WHO needs to re…
Ebola cases evade detection due to ongoing lack of trust in communities – UN
The origin of the new cluster of Ebola cases is “not yet well understood,” the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today about the outbreak in West Africa where a residual lack of trust in the response means…
Some $3.2 billion needed for Ebola recovery efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – UN
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will call for continued solidarity with the three West African countries most impacted by the unprecedented Ebola outbreak at tomorrow's International Ebola Recovery Conference in…
UN and regional leaders launch effort to put Ebola-affected West Africa on path to recovery
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today focused world attention on the “final stretch” of the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, an epidemic that has killed more than 11,000 people, saying: “let us…
Sierra Leone is in a much better shape to deal with Ebola
Interview with Bintu Keita, UN’s Ebola Crisis Manager in Sierra Leone Q. Since September 2014 when UNMEER was established up to the present time that you are winding down, how would you characterise UNMEER’s story so far…
In latest update, UN health agency reports no new Ebola cases in Liberia
No new cases of Ebola were reported in Liberia nor in recent hotspots in West Africa with half the 26 cases in this week’s update from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) coming from the capitals of Guinea and…
From New York to the Ebola frontlines in Sierra Leone
At the peak of Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone in November last year, when more than 300 persons were infected weekly, 26-year-old bespectacled Mohamed Kakay was always holed up in the offices of the United Nations Mission…
Thousands of unregistered children born in Liberia during Ebola crisis at risk of exploitation – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that the more than 70,000 Liberian children whose births were not recorded during the Ebola outbreak may be unable to access basic health and social services, obtain…
Ebola: UN emergency response mission winds down as WHO announces possible ‘game changer’ vaccine
Having achieved its “core objective” of scaling up global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response will officially wind down today, transferring its role to…
Hygiene protocols keep classrooms in hard-hit West Africa free of Ebola and other infections – UNICEF
United Nations-supported measures put in place to protect them from the Ebola virus have helped keep classrooms free from any infections in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. “The…
At Security Council, top UN health officials spotlight role of emergency preparedness in Ebola fight
The deadly Ebola outbreak which ravaged West Africa for more than a year has demonstrated the increasing importance of emergency preparedness both in Africa and across the world, said two senior United Nations health…
No new Ebola cases reported in Sierra Leone in past week for first time since outbreak – UN
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak in West…