The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has produced increasing circles of victims beyond the infected and the dead. Survivors, families, children, and health workers are dealing with the stress and trauma left behind by the d…
Read moreGENEVA, 27 January 2015 -- The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 136th session, has appointed Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti as the new Regional Director for WHO's Africa Region. Dr Moeti was nominated Region…
Read moreInterview with Rob Fowler, a critical care physician from Canada, who worked in West Africa since the first confirmed cases of Ebola. Getting the epidemiology right, contact tracing, social mobilization, infection pre…
Read more25 January 2015 -- Today, WHO Director-General opened the Executive Board's Special Session on Ebola. Dr Chan emphasized the need to maintain the momentum and guard against complacency and donor fatigue. UN Special …
Read moreBrazzaville, 20 January 2015 – The World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends the conjugate meningitis A vaccine MenAfriVac® to be introduced in routine immunization schedules in sub-Saharan Africa. This recomme…
Read moreBamako, 18 January 2015 - Malian authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the end of the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mali since 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negat…
Read moreIn recognition of the efforts of the community and the country to save their lives and to cure from Ebola, survivors say they are now ready to accompany the Ebola outbreak response teams in their community to help overco…
Read moreNew technology already has achieved dramatic drop in major cause of deadly epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened the door to routine immunization of infants in sub-Saharan Afri…
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