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WHO urges countries to avoid actions that compromise Ebola response efforts

World Health Organization donates supplies for ebola preparedness and response to the Ministry of Health

LUSAKA, 27th August 2014 - The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and in the Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes an “extraordinary event” and a public heal

WHO Organizes Workshop to Strengthen Preparedness and Response for Countries against Ebola

WHO receives US $60 million grant from AfDB to tackle Ebola outbreak

Vaccination at Kaduna-Kano Border

Intensifying Border Vaccination: Six Northern States Reposition for Interruption

Kaduna, 25th August, 2014 - Nigeria's stride towards Polio eradication quickened recently as a result of targeted activities in reaching children hitherto underserved with polio

Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: WHO staff talking to mothers in Sierra Leone on getting children to health care.

Exploring fear to regain trust: Getting children to health care in Sierra Leone

Intense surveillance in Kambia, Sierra Leone, has revealed around 75% of deaths have been occurring in children under 5.

WHO/ M. Seeger

Spreading the word about Ebola through music

20 August 2014 -- “Take away the fear, don’t hide yourself.

WHO calls on Liberian community leaders to adopt measures to stop the epidemic of Ebola

Monrovia (Liberia), August 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed to community leaders in Montserrado county, Liberia, to adopt control measures to stop the Ebola o