DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
New York: Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “a sickening betrayal of the people we serve,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said on Tuesday.
DR Congo: eastern Ebola outbreak defeated, ‘mission impossible’ now a ‘sign of hope’
New York/IBNS: After nearly two years and 2,280 deaths, the world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finally over, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
New York/IBNS: Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday.
Violence in DR Congo Ebola hotspot leaves people ‘caught in crossfire’
New York/IBNS: Attacks on communities in an Ebola outbreak hotspot in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have sparked a humanitarian crisis and threatened aid distribution, the UN said on Friday, amid reports of serious civil unrest.
Armed groups kill Ebola health workers in eastern DR Congo
New York/IBNS: Deadly night-time attacks by armed groups have once again claimed the lives of frontline healthworkers helping to confront the deadly Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
New York, Aug 3 (IBNS): The UN Security Council on Friday expressed grave concern about the current Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and stressed the urgency of broad cooperation in the response, as “the disease could spread rapidly, including to neighbouring countries, possibly having serious humanitarian consequences and impacting regional stability.”
‘We won’t get to zero cases of Ebola without a big scale-up in funding,’ UN relief chief warns
New York, July 16 (IBNS): Deadly, attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including one at the weekend that left two dead, are an indication that combating the disease outbreak will require far greater international support, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday.
New York, May 29 (IBNS): Although the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to make headway thanks to the determination of health workers on the ground, insecurity is still hampering the response, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. This has led the UN to establish a new coordination structure in the hopes that access to at-risk areas can be improved.
Eye care for Ebola survivors being provided by local ophthalmologists
WHO, Apr 11 (IBNS): In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local ophthalmologists are learning to provide specialized care to Ebola survivors, WHO reports said.
DR Congo Ebola centre attacks could force retreat against the deadly disease, warns UN health chief
New York, Mar 15 (IBNS): Attacks on Ebola treatment centres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), risk reversing the gains made during the current outbreak in the north-east of the country, the head of the UN health agency said on Thursday.
WHO reports ‘very strong progress’ in battling DR Congo Ebola outbreak
New York, June 9 (IBNS): One month after the start of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations health experts on Friday reported “very strong progress” in the response to the disease.
New York, May 19 (IBNS): An emergency meeting of United Nations health experts said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where cases of the deadly disease have been confirmed in an urban area – does not yet meet the criteria to be deemed a “public health emergency of international concern.”
UN declares Ebola public health emergency over; urges 'high vigilance' against flare-ups
New York, Mar 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said West Africa's Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes an international public health threat, declaring that the 20-month global emergency response is over but stressing that a “high level of vigilance†must be maintained.
UN health agency sends specialists to help contain Ebola flare-up in Guinea
New York, Mar 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations health agency has dispatched a team of specialists to Guinea after 2 new cases of Ebola were confirmed yesterday, the first re-emergence of the deadly virus in the Western African country since its original outbreak was declared over on 29 December 2015.
No new cases of Ebola reported for first time since March 2014: WHO
New York, Oct 9 (IBNS): There were no new cases of Ebola reported in West Africa in the week ending last Sunday, making it the first week since March 2014 with zero cases recorded in the three countries most affected by the outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which cautioned that there remains a near-term risk of new cases.