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IOM launched activities of health risk mapping in the municipality of Dubréka and in the sub-prefecture of Khoria on December 16.
IOM’s Emergency Coordinator, Bradley Mellicker, travelled to Boke with IOM’s psychosocial specialist,
Elena Bartoloni, to meet with Ebola survivors.On December 29, IOM celebrated the official end of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Guinea along with the Guinean Government and partners involved in the Ebola response.
Finally, the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea!
After two years of a fierce fight against the virus, with countless partners involved, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea on December 29, 2015.
Guinea’s President, Alpha Conde, gave a speech during the ceremony that marked the end of Ebola in Guinea on December 30, 2015 at the People’s Palace, Conakry. He acknowledged the exceptional work of the range of partners in the Ebola response in Guinea, and acknowledged the Guinean people’s commitment to the fight against EVD.
IOM, along with the Guinean Government and partners of the Ebola response coordination platform, took part in celebrations throughout the country, particularly in Conakry, Dubreka, Forecariah, Kindia, Boké and N’Zerekore.
According to latest information from the National Coordination, there have been 3,804 cumulative confirmed, probable, and suspected Ebola cases, including 2,536 deaths. These figures yield an estimated mortality rate of 66.7%.