Ministers Of Health Of Eleven Countries Involved In The Ebola Outbreak Meet In Accra.

In an effort to curb further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization is convening a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Accra, from next month July 2 to 3, to discuss the best way of tackling the crisis collectively as well as develop a comprehensive inter country operational response plan. 

 According to the WHO, the emergence of the Ebola virus disease  in West Africa threatens regional and global public health security.  

WHO has so far provided technical assistance through the deployment of more than 150 multi disciplinary team of experts involved in a range of outbreak response activities such as surveillance, communication and social mobilization, infection control, logistics and data management. 

Despite this, there has been significant increase in the number of daily reported cases and deaths of Ebola as well as newly affected districts over the last three weeks.  

As of Monday, the  23rd of this month,  the cumulative number of cases reported was 635 out of which 399 died. 

This makes the on-going Ebola outbreak, the largest in terms of number of cases and deaths as well as geographical spread. 

Source :GBC