To strengthen the capacities to detect, investigate and respond to suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), WHO supported the Ministry of Health to deploy a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, ...

GENEVA – The failure of Sierra Leone's strategy for fighting Ebola may be down to a missing ingredient: a big shock that could change people's behavior and finally prevent further infection. Bruce ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An independent panel of experts said Monday that “deep and substantial” change is needed at the World Health Organization following its slow response to early warnings about West ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus had first been discovered in the ...

At the end of last year, an Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai province was officially declared over.

The chlorine was expired. The protective gear was missing. And the red tape was so thick that responders fighting last year's Ebola outbreak had trouble getting approval for boots and buckets. The ...