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Ugandan team brings Ebola experience to Liberia

A team of Ugandan doctors and health workers are deployed by WHO to provide medical support for an Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia.

WHO urges countries to avoid actions that compromise Ebola response efforts

World Health Organization donates supplies for ebola preparedness and response to the Ministry of Health

LUSAKA, 27th August 2014 - The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and in the Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes an “extraordinary event” and a public heal

WHO receives US $60 million grant from AfDB to tackle Ebola outbreak

WHO Organizes Workshop to Strengthen Preparedness and Response for Countries against Ebola

Vaccination at Kaduna-Kano Border

Intensifying Border Vaccination: Six Northern States Reposition for Interruption

Kaduna, 25th August, 2014 - Nigeria's stride towards Polio eradication quickened recently as a result of targeted activities in reaching children hitherto underserved with polio

Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: WHO staff talking to mothers in Sierra Leone on getting children to health care.

Exploring fear to regain trust: Getting children to health care in Sierra Leone

Intense surveillance in Kambia, Sierra Leone, has revealed around 75% of deaths have been occurring in children under 5.

WHO/ M. Seeger

Spreading the word about Ebola through music

20 August 2014 -- “Take away the fear, don’t hide yourself.