Source: United Nations, World Health Organization
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
This is the first situation report from the Interagency Collaboration on Ebola. This report replaces situation reports previously produced by UNMEER.
KEY POINTS
In week ending 2 August, two confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported: one in Guinea and one in Sierra Leone. This is the second week in a row that new case numbers have been in single digits.
On 31 July, the UN Secretary-General announced the completion of UNMEER’s mission and commencement of WHO’s responsibility for oversight of the UN system’s Ebola emergency response in West Africa as of 1 August.
WHO and partners have reported that they are on the verge of an effective vaccine against EVD.