(只提供英文版本)CONAKRY/MONROVIA/FREETOWN/DAKAR/HONG KONG, 14 January 2016 – Nearly 23,000 children who lost one or both parents or their primary caregivers to Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will continue to need care and support, UNICEF said as it welcomed the declaration that there are no more cases of the disease in West Africa. [...]
(只提供英文版本) CONAKRY/ HONG KONG, December 29, 2015 – Almost two years to the day when a toddler became the first victim of Ebola in West Africa, UNICEF welcomed the declaration that the outbreak has ended in Guinea, but cautioned that the thousands of children orphaned by the disease, as well as those who survived infection, will need cont[...]
(只提供英文版本) FREETOWN, Sierra Leone/ HONG KONG, 7 November 2015 – The WHO declaration marking the end of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone today is welcomed by UNICEF as a major victory for the large-scale and coordinated 18-month response. But enhanced surveillance must continue so that the country is ready for any possible future outbre[...]
© UNICEF Sierra Leone – The UNICEF-supported Kania Community Care Centre, in Kambia District, Sierra Leone. At the height of the Ebola crisis, 46 UNICEF-supported CCCs provided services throughout the country; 17 remain in operation. (只提供英文版本) By Indrias G Kassaye By bringing isolation facilities to the village level[...]
概況 -伊波拉病毒繼續在非洲肆虐。根據世界衞生組織數字,截至2014年10月14日為止,全球的確診、可能及懷疑個案已升至9,216宗,造成4,555人死亡。其中塞拉里昂、幾內亞和利比里亞的情況最為嚴重。 -在西非,約有9,000名人士感染伊波拉病毒。同時,3,700名兒童因為伊波拉病毒而失去一名父母或淪為孤兒。當中,有親人縱使未有染病,但亦因為害怕感染病毒而拒絕接收這些孤兒。隨著伊波拉疫情惡化,估計至10月中,這些數字可上升1倍。 -恐懼、誤解及謠言都令人道救援行動變得複雜,令疫情更為肆虐。 UNICEF的行動 1. 社區動員 -在幾內亞,透過上門和公眾活動,我們成功接觸了85,415戶家庭(涉及575,734名人士,當中包括211,924名兒童),提升他們的防疫意識[...]
(只提供英文版本) Situation Overview -The current Ebola outbreak is the deadliest ever. It is spreading fast with over 40 per cent of the total number of cases seen within the past few weeks. As of 3 September, the countries affected by the current outbreak of Ebola, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, have reported about [R[...]
蒙羅維亞/香港,2015年9月3日—利比里亞宣布,該國再次實現零伊波拉病毒傳播,聯合國兒童基金會對此表示歡迎,並希望利比里亞在疫情過後,重點關注重建工作,因為伊波拉疫情已對數以千計兒童的生活和他們身處的社區造成嚴重破壞。 © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0552/Irwin 在利比里亞首都蒙羅維亞滑台上的一所小學裏,一名男孩正在洗手。洗手是預防伊波拉病毒傳播的有效方法之一。 聯合國兒童基金會駐利比里亞代表謝爾頓‧耶特說:「對兒童和他們的家人來說,過去17個月是一段十分可怕的時期。即使在疫情爆發前,利比里亞的兒童就已經很難獲得優質的醫療服務、教育和社會福利。太多兒童無法上學,亦無從獲得優質的保健、衞生和社會福利。前路仍十分漫長而崎嶇。」 根據政府數據,利比里亞有超過[...]
MONROVIA/ HONG KONG, 23 August 2014 – A cargo plane carrying 68 metric tonnes of health and hygiene supplies from UNICEF landed in Monrovia early Saturday morning, bringing urgently needed supplies to combat the worst Ebola outbreak in global history. Today’s shipment, from UNICEF’s global supply hub in Copenhagen, contained basic emerg[...]
概況 -伊波拉病毒持續爆發,擴散規模史無前例。由2014年3月至今,已有1,603宗證實感染及懷疑感染的個案,病毒在幾內亞、利比里亞、塞拉利昂及尼日利亞已奪去887人的性命。 -以受影響地區及有潛在擴散危機的地區面積計算,是次危機是歷來規模最大的一次。 -伊波拉病毒肆虐的地區,人口流動密集,出入境管制寬鬆。故此,今次爆發的病例與以往的不同,有可能通過航空交通傳播。不論是在偏遠的農村地區,人口稠密的首都城市亦同告錄得感染個案。 UNICEF的行動 © UNICEF/NYHQ2014-1027/Jallanzo 幾內亞 UNICEF繼續為醫院、醫療工作者及其家人提供保護裝備及醫療物資,包括消毒及衞生用品,保護他們的安全。另外,750名伊斯蘭教宗教 領袖伊瑪目,亦獲派發交流[...]
By Lianne Gutcher (只提供英文版本) Kept out of school by the Ebola epidemic, children in Guinea are making up for lost time through a series of lessons broadcast on radio. FORÉCARIAH, Guinea / HONG KONG, 10 July 2015 – One of the hidden impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea is that children have missed out […]