DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
Sep 29, 2021, at 07:43 pm
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’
Jun 26, 2020, at 10:01 am
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
Mar 07, 2020, at 10:26 am
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’
Nov 30, 2019, at 07:56 am
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
Nov 29, 2019, at 09:56 am
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.
Aug 03, 2019, at 06:22 am
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
Jul 16, 2019, at 09:11 am
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.
May 29, 2019, at 09:00 am
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
Apr 11, 2019, at 09:42 pm
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
Mar 15, 2019, at 09:44 am
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
Jun 09, 2018, at 08:36 am
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.
May 19, 2018, at 01:12 pm
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
Mar 30, 2016, at 02:02 pm
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
Mar 19, 2016, at 02:34 pm
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
Oct 09, 2015, at 02:49 pm
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.
Liberia declared free of Ebola transmission as number of cases remains stable
Sep 04, 2015, at 02:34 pm
New York, Sep 4 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission after the disease had resurfaced in June, and as the country enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance, the number of cases in the rest of West Africa remained stable at three for the fifth consecutive week.
Ebola case in Sierra Leone prompts expansion of experimental vaccine trial: WHO
Sep 02, 2015, at 02:40 pm
New York, Sep 2 (IBNS): The detection of a new case of Ebola in Sierra Leone over the weekend after the West African country had marked almost three weeks of zero cases has prompted the use of an experimental vaccine to fight the disease, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
Ebola: WHO announces possible ‘game changer’ vaccine
Aug 01, 2015, at 02:18 pm
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Having achieved its “core objective†of scaling up global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response will officially wind down on Friday, transferring its role to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just announced that an experimental vaccine being tested in Guinea appears to be highly effective and could be a “game changer.â€
'Last mile in fight against Ebola will be the hardest,' says senior UN relief official
Feb 06, 2015, at 06:19 pm
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS) The international community's mobilization in the global Ebola response has been "very impressive and effective" but efforts to reach zero cases must continue unabated, a top United Nations humanitarian official has confirmed.