Sierra Leone: Ebola Virus Disease - Situation Report (Sit-Rep) – 05 October,...
Source: Government of Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeoneMain highlightsFor the 4th October 2014, a total of 159 new samples were received and analysed by the CDC Kenema Lab, the South African NICD MLU...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Zimbabwe hospital closed to monitor suspected Ebola case
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe10/9/2014 - 17:38 GMTHealth authorities shut down a hospital in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday to isolate a patient who...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola-hit Liberia cancels nationwide elections
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Liberia, Sierra Leone10/9/2014 - 13:30 GMTby Zoom DOSSOEbola-hit Liberia has suspended nationwide elections in the latest measure to combat an epidemic which has...
View ArticleLiberia: China provides food aid to Ebola-hit countries
Source: XinhuaCountry: China, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneBEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- China has made a deal with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to provide food aid to three African...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola: WFP Aims To Provide Food For A Million People
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneThe UN World Food Programme is continuing to scale up its operations to provide food to over 1 million people affected by the Ebola...
View ArticleSierra Leone: UNICEF Sierra Leone Humanitarian Situation Report – Reporting...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Sierra LeoneHighlightsAs of 7 October 2014, the cumulative number of laboratory confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases is 2,492. The number of confirmed deaths is...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Reference Map of Freetown (Western Urban) (as of...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Sierra Leone
View ArticleGhana: UN emergency health mission chief fired up for battle against Ebola
Source: GuardianCountry: Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneAnthony Banbury compares unprecedented challenge of tackling outbreak to fighting a raging forest blaze that keeps spreadingBillie Adwoa...
View ArticleLiberia: Philippines health workers sought for Ebola-hit West Africa
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Philippines, Sierra Leone10/10/2014 - 11:38 GMTThe Philippines is considering deploying substantial numbers of health workers to West Africa amid a...
View ArticleLiberia: Children dying, and surviving, alone in Liberia
Source: PlanCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeonePosted by Henry Garneo, Plan youth bloggerNo children should die of hunger due to late responses to the Ebola outbreak – but they are, writes...
View ArticleLiberia: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) External Situation...
Source: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency ResponseCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneHIGHLIGHTSUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the High Level Meeting on Ebola, hosted by the World Bank,...
View ArticleLiberia: NGOs' response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak (as of 30 Sep 2014)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneInternational and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been playing a crucial...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola outbreak: ActionAid warns of food crisis on top of Ebola...
Source: ActionAidCountry: Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneAs the World Bank warns that Ebola could cost billions of dollars, ActionAid says the human cost of an economic crisis is families going...
View ArticleLiberia: Increased measures to help relieve the Ebola epidemic
Source: Government of SwedenCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, SwedenToday, the Government took several decisions to help relieve the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The National Board of Health...
View ArticleLiberia: Norway pledges NOK 70 million to new World Bank fund to fight Ebola
Source: Government of NorwayCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Norway, Sierra LeoneNorway is the first country to support the World Bank’s new multidonor fund for the fight against Ebola. ‘It is positive that...
View ArticleLiberia: WHO: Ebola Response Roadmap Situation - 10 October 2014
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, United States of AmericaA total of 8399 confirmed, probable, and...
View ArticleLiberia: WFP West Africa Ebola Response Situation Report #7, 08 October 2014
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone3 pillars of WFP support: - Delivering food alongside the health response; - Ensuring the movement of partner staff and materials; and...
View ArticleLiberia: ‘We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,’...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone10 October 2014 – Declaring that the world has never seen anything like current Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, senior United Nations...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Frontline health workers and families in Sierra Leone to...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone€1 million donation to UNICEF will finance three cargo flights to Ebola-stricken countriesBRUSSELS/FREETOWN, 10 October 2014– A cargo...
View ArticleSierra Leone: First Remote Food Security Survey Finds Families in Ebola...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Sierra LeoneWFP’s food security analysis unit is using new remote mobile phone technologies to track how households are coping in the three worst Ebola-affected...
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