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Special Envoy on Ebola Dr. David Nabarro briefing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at UN Headquarters. UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Ebola: UN special envoy says combating stigma integral to overall crisis response

General Community Health Volunteers (GCHVs), who conduct contact tracing, active case finding, and general Ebola awareness, walking through West Point in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: UNDP/Morgana Wingard

UN warns of economic hardship in Ebola-hit countries as World Bank agrees finance package

Refugees await unloading at a site in Upper Nile state, South Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/Jake Dinneen

South Sudan: Security Council strongly condemns outburst of deadly violence, urges peace

Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury (left) meeting with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (to his left) in the capital Monrovia. Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis

Ebola: UN envoy warns against letting guard down, ‘even for a second’

Ebola treatment centre outside an Ebola virus disease (EVD) case management centre run by Médecins Sans Frontières in the town of Guéckédou, Guinea. Photo: UNICEF/Suzanne Beukes

UNICEF to double staff in Ebola-affected countries; UN health chief deplores lagging vaccine research

UNMEER Photo/Ari Gaitanis

UN Ebola mission chief reports mixed picture in Sierra Leone, as victims outpace beds in Port Loko

The Protection of Civilians (POC) site near Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

South Sudan: Ban condemns renewed violence between opposing factions

Equipped with UNICEF-developed and Government-approved awareness materials, these girls go door-to-door in West Point, Monrovia, to educate their parents, family members and friends about Ebola and how it can be prevented. Photo: UNICEF/UNI171713/Griggers

Signs of Ebola decline in Liberia offer ‘glimmer of hope’ – UN

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (second left) touring the Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and discussing preparations and readiness to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez

UN Ebola response in West Africa to be bolstered by increase in World Bank funding