Ebola
Ebola is a deadly virus spread through direct contact with people who are sick or have died from infection. The West African Ebola epidemic of 2014 was the largest in history, starting in southeastern Guinea and soon spreading to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Poor infection control measures and strained health care systems added to the devastation. By August 2014, the World Health Organization declared the situation a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. In conjunction with the US Center for Disease Control, other US government agencies, and the Ministries of Health in those affected countries, the World Health Organization and other national and international partners worked to end the epidemic. The outbreak was declared over in June 2016.
Picture with Angela Merkel, 06 September 2013
This is a photo of Ban Ki-moon with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, at the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Secretary-General Meets UN Coordinator for Ebola, 18 August 2014
This is a photo of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (top left) meeting in New York with the UN Coordinator for Ebola David Nabarro (foreground third from left), also Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson (top center).
Report of the Secretary-General on the Activities of the United Nations Regional office for West Africa, 24 December 2014
This is a report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for West Africa, providing an overview of developments and trends in West Africa.
Press Encounter of the UN Secretary-General on Ebola, 22 December 2014
Press encounter of the UN Secretary-General on Ebola at United Nations, after Mr. Ban convened a UN system-wide meeting on the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Letter from Ban Ki-moon to Sam Kahamba Kutesa, President of the General Assembly, 2 September 2015
This is a letter from Ban Ki-moon to Sam Kahamba Kutesa, President of the General Assembly, regarding the work of the United Nations in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Letter from Ban Ki-moon to Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany, 10 March 2016
This is a letter from Ban Ki-moon to Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, thanking her for her detailed comments on the findings of the high-level panel on the Global Response to Health Crises and for Germany's support for the work of the Panel.
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, 30 October 2014
This is the Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General for the 30th, 2014 regarding the deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, the Global Media Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation, Secretary-General’s travels in Denmark for the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Ebola epidemic in Africa, Security Council Resolution 2139 (2013), Iraq, reconstruction in Gaza, UNMISS in South Sudan, China, and disaster risk reduction.
Letter from Ban Ki-moon to Gerard Jacobus Van Bohemen, President of the Security Council, 31 July 2015
This is a letter from Ban Ki-moon to Gerard Jacobus van Bohemen, President of the Security Council, regarding an update on the progress made by the government of Liberia in implementing the recommendations on the proper management of arms and ammunition.