Statement on the WHO Consultation on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines
After 2 days of discussion on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines, more than 150 participants, representing the fields of research and clinical investigation, ethics, legal, regulatory, financing,...
View ArticleWHO welcomes Cuban doctors for Ebola response in west Africa
WHO welcomes the commitment from the Government of Cuba to provide 165 health professionals to support Ebola care in west Africa. The newly announced support includes physicians, nurses,...
View ArticleRemarks at a press conference: Cuban government announces substantial support...
Good morning to the members of the media. Thank you for coming.
View ArticleWHO welcomes the extensive Ebola support from the United States of America
WHO welcomes the contribution from the Government of the United States of America to significantly build upon their previous Ebola response in west Africa. The new commitment provides support to the...
View ArticleWHO welcomes Chinese contribution of mobile laboratory and health experts for...
WHO welcomes the commitment from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to dispatch a mobile laboratory team to Sierra Leone to enhance the laboratory testing capacity for Ebola virus disease...
View ArticleStatement on the 2nd meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the IHR 2005 regarding the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in west Africa was conducted with...
View ArticleWHO congratulates Senegal on ending Ebola transmission
WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus. The introduced case was confirmed on 29 August in a young man...
View ArticleWHO response to internal Ebola document leaked to media
A WHO internal document recently obtained by some media outlets was the first draft of a small team documenting the chronology of the Ebola outbreak events for future review. This document has not yet...
View ArticleWHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Nigeria
The Ebola virus was introduced into Nigeria on 20 July 2014 when an infected Liberian man arrived by aeroplane into Lagos, Africa's most populous city. The man, who died in hospital 5 days later, set...
View ArticleStatement on the 3rd meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The third meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the IHR 2005 regarding the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in West Africa was conducted with...
View ArticleWHO welcomes Swissmedic approval of Ebola vaccine trial at Lausanne...
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the approval by Swissmedic, the Swiss regulatory authority for therapeutic products, for a trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne...
View ArticleWHO welcomes strong commitment from Australia to beating Ebola
The World Health Organization welcomes the Government of Australia’s commitment to providing health professionals and more funding to boost the fight against Ebola virus disease. Australia joins a...
View ArticleWHO welcomes approval of a second Ebola vaccine trial in Switzerland
WHO welcomes approval by Swissmedic, the Swiss regulatory authority for therapeutic products, of a second Swiss trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine. The trial will be led by the University Hospitals...
View ArticleStatement from the Travel and Transport Task Force on Ebola virus disease...
Leading international organizations and associations from the transport, trade and tourism sector stand firmly with WHO against general bans on travel and trade, as well as restrictions that include...
View ArticleWHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On 24 August, WHO was notified by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Jeera County, Equateur Province. This outbreak, which is unrelated to that...
View ArticleWHO congratulates Spain on ending Ebola transmission
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Spain over and commends the country on its diligence to end transmission of the virus. On 6 October 2014, the Spanish...
View ArticleGovernment of Mali and WHO announce the end of the Ebola outbreak in Mali
Malian authorities and WHO announce the end of the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mali since 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negative in laboratory tests on the 6 December 2014.
View ArticleStatement on the 4th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom is declared free of Ebola virus disease
WHO commends the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on its diligence in containing the transmission of Ebola virus disease. According to WHO guidelines, the United Kingdom is now free...
View ArticleStatement on the 5th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The 5th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in...
View ArticleThe Ebola outbreak in Liberia is over
Today, 9 May 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. Forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March 2015. The outbreak of Ebola virus...
View ArticleWHO response to the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel report
WHO welcomes the report from the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel and thanks the hard-working members for their rapid review, analysis and recommendations. The panel members divided their review and...
View ArticleStatement on the 6th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The 6th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa...
View ArticleEbola transmission in Liberia over. Nation enters 90-day intensive...
Today, 3 September 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population. Forty-two days have passed since the second negative test on 22 July 2015 of the last...
View ArticleStatement on the 7th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The 7th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa...
View ArticleNew Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, reflecting the ongoing risk of new flare-ups of the virus in the Ebola-affected countries. The Sierra Leone government acted rapidly to respond...
View ArticleWHO statement on end of Ebola flare-up in Sierra Leone
WHO joins the government of Sierra Leone in marking the end of the recent flare-up of Ebola virus disease in the country. As of today, 17 March, 42 days have passed, two incubation cycles of the virus,...
View ArticleWHO Director-General briefs media on outcome of Ebola Emergency Committee
WHO Director-General informed the media that the 9th meeting of the Emergency Committee on Ebola determined that the outbreak in West Africa no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of...
View ArticleStatement on the 9th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the...
The 9th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee states that the Ebola situation in West Africa no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and the temporary recommendations...
View ArticleNew positive case of Ebola virus disease confirmed in Liberia
Liberian health authorities convened an emergency meeting today with key partners to coordinate and plan a rapid response to the new positive case of Ebola virus disease.
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