Africa

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

Internally Displaced Children in Bangui, Central African Republic. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Security situation in Central African Republic deteriorates

Africa Central African Republic

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

Billboard promoting peace in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRIN/Chris Simpson

Ban urges calm, inclusive dialogue as mass protests sweep Burkina Faso capital

At age one, Fatima was subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in her village in Afar Region of Ethiopia which has one of the world’s highest prevalence rates. Photo: UNICEF/Kate Holt

In Kenya, UN chief kicks off global media campaign to end female genital mutilation

Girls in the city of Voinjama look at a poster that displays information and illustrations about how to prevent the spread of Ebola. Photo: UNICEF/2014/Liberia/Jallanzo

‘The only way to stop Ebola is at its source’ – UN chief

On a visit to Somalia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport. UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed

In Somalia, Ban lauds country’s progress towards stability, urges ‘continuity’

In the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) warehouse in Accra, Ghana, UNMEER's head, Anthony Banbury (left), spoke to some international media outlets on the latest developments in the Ebola Response. Photo: UNMEER

Ebola: UN mission concludes visits to affected countries. Presents ‘robust’ recovery plan

Source: UNICEF, WHO

Experts head to Mali after the first confirmed case of Ebola