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L-R: YongWhan Kim, Deputy Representative, KOICA Ethiopia; Kebba O’Jaiteh, Outbreak Crisis and Response Coordinator, WHO Ethiopia; Daddi Jimma, Deputy Director General of EPHI and Chair of the National Ebola Preparedness and Response Technical Working Group; Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia; Admas Tefera, Preparedness, Surveillance and Response Programme Coordinator, WHO Ethiopia; ByungHwa Lee, KOICA Resident Representative to Ethiopia; Mer’Awi Aragaw, Public Health Emergencies Advisor t

KOICA and WHO Join Forces to Support Ebola Preparedness in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa. 29 December 2014 – Korea International Cooperation…
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WHO mobile lab scientists at the crossing point between Guinea and Sierra Leone. WHO/Saffea Gborie

How Kailahun district kicked Ebola out

Kailahun district in eastern Sierra Leone was one of the country’s…
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Group of graduates with their certificates from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

Ebola trained health care workers received certification.

Just before the holiday season started a certification ceremony was…
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Sierra Leone: How Kailahun district kicked Ebola out

Kailahun district in eastern Sierra Leone was one of the country’s…
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WHO Director-General Dr Chan shaking hands with Rebecca Johnson, nurse, Ebola survivor, Sierra Leone 2014 UNMEER/Martine Perret

Cured of Ebola, Rebecca returns to cure others

For many people, December 22 was the beginning of the holiday season…
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Striving to eradicate polio in the African Region

The WHO African Region is reporting rapid progress towards…
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Meeting of Ebola taskforce in Nimiyama Chiefdom, Eastern Sierra Leone, aiming to mobilize all community members in the fight against the disease. WHO/Saffea Gborie

Sierra Leone communities organize Ebola response

“In our chiefdom we have the necessary structures in place — leaders…
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Nigeria Introduces New Vaccine – PCV 10

On 22nd December 2014 the Government of Nigeria joined other African…
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