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WHO coordinating vaccination of contacts to contain Ebola flare-up in Guinea

Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals…

Liberia: Mr Tamba Alpha, surveillance officer, is inspecting isolation rooms at a Voinjama checkpoint with Mr Charles Ntege, WHO county coordinator. WHO/M. Winkler

Staying at zero: Keeping Liberia Ebola free

Over a month has passed since Ebola transmission ceased in Liberia.…

Ebola vaccines for Guinea and the world

More than 11 000 people in Guinea participated in a WHO-led trial to…

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In equatorial Congo, WHO and its partners respond to an Ebola outbreak

In the tiny village of Gukpale, deep in the equatorial forests of Bas…

Discharge ceremony of the two survivor

Liberia and Guinea discharge final Ebola patients in latest flare-up and begin 42 days of heightened surveillance

Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partners held a ceremony at the…

The Minister of Public Health on mission to Likati with WHO and UNICEF

Kinshasa/Likati | 18 May 2017 – The Minister of Public Health, Dr Oly…

WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti arrives in Kinshasa to discuss response to Ebola outbreak

KINSHASA, 13 May 2017 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr.…

Man wearing tshirt with text "together we shall overcome Ebola" at a social mobilization event in Guinea WHO /Cristiana Salvi

End of Ebola transmission in Guinea

Brazzaville, 1 June 2016 - Today the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Guinea: Two (2) confirmed Ebola cases in Koropara village in Nzérékoré

Guinea, (Nzérékoré), 18 March 2016 - Two cases of the Ebola Virus…

Latest Ebola outbreak over in Liberia; West Africa is at zero, but new flare-ups are likely to occur

Latest Ebola outbreak over in Liberia; West Africa is at zero, but new flare-ups are likely to occur

14 January 2016 -- Today, WHO declares the end of the most recent…