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Mali:
Top UN Health Officials Take Joint Mission to Mali in Support of Ebola Response
UN News, 24 November 2014
The Executive Director of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé and the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan,… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ebola - December 1 Target for Response May Not Be Met in Some Areas, UN Reports
UN News, 25 November 2014
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today that while Ebola response targets for December 1 in West Africa may be reached in many places, they may not be met in… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ebola Crisis Update
MSF, 21 November 2014
Since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared on 22 March in Guinea, it has claimed 5,420 lives in the region. The outbreak is the largest ever, and is currently… Read more »
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Africa:
Ebola - MSF Staff Member Evacuated From Mali
MSF, 21 November 2014
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ( MSF) confirms that one of its international staff members, a Spanish national, has been… Read more »
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Mali:
Church Postpones Annual Pilgrimage Due to Ebola
CISA, 21 November 2014
The annual pilgrimage to Kita by the Catholic Church in Mali has been postponed in order to curb the spread of Ebola virus. Read more »
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West Africa:
Statement by Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Following the United Nations' Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola
World Bank, 21 November 2014
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement after the United Nations' Chief Executive Board Meeting on Ebola: Read more »
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West Africa:
Ebola 'Shouldn't Have Caught Us Unawares'
DW, 20 November 2014
Ebola has badly shattered parts of West Africa, exposing lethal weaknesses in health services and disease surveillance. It also raises broader questions about African governance… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ban to Take Up Fight Against Ebola With Heads of All UN Organizations
UN News, 20 November 2014
On the eve of a meeting of United Nations agency chiefs to discuss ways to jointly tackle the Ebola outbreak, the World Bank reported today Liberia's labour sector has suffered a… Read more »
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Mali:
MSF Expands Activities to Fight Ebola Outbreak
MSF, 20 November 2014
Swift and coordinated action is of paramount importance in the days immediately after new cases are reported, the medical organisation says Read more »
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Mali:
Efforts By UN Health Agency Under Way to Step Up Ebola Response in Mali
UN News, 18 November 2014
The United Nations is intensifying its efforts to keep the Ebola outbreak from spreading in Mali by working to identify all chains of transmission and stepping up social… Read more »
