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With two new cases of Ebola virus disease recently confirmed in Guinea, and three probable and two suspect cases identified, the Red Cross Society of Guinea, with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has mobilized teams of trained volunteers to aid in the response.

“The confirmation of new cases is a vivid reminder of the need to maintain a fast and efficient response capacity in all three West African countries which were affected by the Ebola outbreak,” said Norbert Allale, head of IFRC regional Ebola operations. “In Guinea, we have provided refresher training to some of our safe and dignified burial volunteers who are now on standby to respond should the number of confirmed cases increase.”

Forty beneficiary communications volunteers also received refresher training and have been deployed to the affected community and surrounding area to actively look for potential Ebola cases and to reinforce to residents how they can protect themselves from Ebola through proper hygiene.

Staff of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation together with partners over the weekend concluded a three-day annual performance review.
Held at CATCO Hall, Wilkinson Road, various cadre of staff including international and local partners were opportune to table and mirror activities as well as programmes implemented to see the challenges and success made in 2015.
At the formal opening of the review, Alhassan Kanu from the Health Sector, Directorate of Planning stated that the objective is to provide a comprehensive picture of the ministry’s performance  generally as well as highlighting the status of the 6-9 months implementation, to document the implementation challenges for the ministerial performance contract, individual senior officials’ performance and service delivery at su

The three West African nations ravaged by Ebola could struggle to prevent another major outbreak as vigilance fades among health workers and the public, a health expert said on Monday.

Ebola victims in recent flare-ups in Liberia and Sierra Leone were inspected by health workers who were not wearing protective clothing, while the corpse of one woman victim was washed by several people, contrary to best practice.

Health facilities must reinforce infection prevention and control measures or risk widening the spread of new Ebola outbreaks, according to Armand Sprecher, public health specialist at medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).