West Africa: Ebola Outbreak - Mar 2014

Status: Past disaster
Glide: EP-2014-000041-GIN

Disaster description

In March 2014, a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever started in Guinea. The outbreak subsequently spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali.
1 Aug 2014: WHO and the government of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia launched a joint US$ 100 million response plan.
8 Aug 2014: WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
28 Aug 2014: WHO issued a "roadmap" to scale up the international response.
19 Sep 2014: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) established.
17 Oct 2014: WHO declared Senegal free of Ebola virus transmission.
20 Oct 2014: WHO declared Nigeria free of Ebola virus transmission.
19 Jan 2015: WHO declared Mali free of Ebola virus transmission.
21 Jan 2015: Updated Overview of Needs and Requirements for Jan-Jun 2015 launched.
8 May 2015: WHO declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission.
31 Jul 2015: UNMEER closed and transitioned oversight of the UN system’s Ebola emergency response to WHO as of 1 Aug.
7 Nov 2015: WHO declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola virus transmission.
29 Dec 2015: WHO declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea.
14 Jan 2016: WHO declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and said all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa.
15 Jan 2016: A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone. The country is still in a 90-day period of enhanced surveillance following the declaration on 7 November 2015 of the end of Ebola transmission in the country.
17 Mar 2016: WHO and the government of Sierra Leone marked the end of the recent flare-up of Ebola virus disease in the country.
18 Mar 2016: Guinean health officials in the region alerted WHO and partners on 16 March to 3 unexplained deaths in recent weeks in the village of Koropara and said other members of the same family are currently showing symptoms characteristic of Ebola.
29 Mar 2016: WHO said Ebola situation in West Africa no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
1 Jun 2016: WHO declares the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea.
9 Jun 2016: WHO declares the end of the most recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia.
Latest WHO Ebola response roadmap - Interactive map journal
UNMEER Situation Reports