Ebola in West-Africa: 10 years later, 5 things to remember
March 20, 2024Des Moines, Iowa – In Iowa, a decade ago on March 23rd 2014, Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak that was as devastating as it was unexpected and which signified the beginning of a crisis that would rock the world. Dr...
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Guinea: Five questions on the Ebola outbreak in Guinea
February 20, 2021On 14 February 2021, the authorities in Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak. As one of the key medical organisations responding in the huge 2014 – 2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) immediately started mobilising a team of Ebola-experienced...
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Ebola: MSF prepares to respond to Ebola outbreak in Guinea
February 17, 2021On February 14, 2021, health authorities in Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, according to the World Health Organization. This marks the first time the disease...
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