EBOLA/EVD [to 7 May 2016]
“Threat to international peace and security” (UN Security Council)

Editor’s Note:
While WHO issued an integrated situation report on 28 April 2016 covering Zika,Yellow Fever and Ebola, we did not identify an update to this report on the WHO website, although separate Zika and Yellow Fever situation reports were posted as captured in this week’s edition. Given that a fresh risk assessment on Ebola was included, we presume the risk assessment remains current as below.
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Situation Report – Zika Virus Disease, Yellow Fever, Ebola Virus Disease – 28 April 2016
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Ebola Virus Disease
Risk assessment:
Although all of the previous outbreaks have been stopped, the performance indicators suggest that the three countries still have variable capacity to prevent (care for survivors), detect (epidemiological and laboratory surveillance) and respond to new outbreaks (Table 7). The risk of additional outbreaks remains.

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Beyond Ebola, keeping patients and health workers safe
5 May 2016

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Liberia and Guinea discharge final Ebola patients in latest flare-up and begin 42 days of heightened surveillance
2 May 2016
Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partners held a ceremony at the Ebola treatment facility in Monrovia to celebrate the recovery and discharge of a 2-year-old boy, the final patient in a latest flare-up in Liberia. His 5-year-old brother recovered a week earlier.