Claim: UN agency: Tanzania not sharing details on Ebola-like cases.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak
text: remote northern Équateur province who fell ill after handling bushmeat. Despite treatment in a local clinic, the woman died on 11 August 2014. At the time of her death, her diagnosis was hemorrhagic fever of unknown etiology. Subsequent laboratory studies confirmed she had died of Ebola virus disease. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders (MSF) deployed a team of 50 staff to the area and opened two treatment centres with a combined capacity of 50 beds. MSF, together with the country's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) worked to heighten public awareness and ensure that surveillance, contact tracing

title: 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak
text: zones. The five suspected cases in the Mambasa Health Zone proved not to be EVD; it was not possible to confirm the one probable case in the Musienene Health Zone and the two probable cases in the Butembo health zone. No new cases had been recorded in any of those health zones. The first confirmed case in Butembo was announced on 4 September, the same day that it was announced that one of the cases registered at Beni had actually come from the Kalunguta Health Zone. The DRC Ministry of Public Health confirmed that the new Ebola outbreak is caused

title: Science and technology in Tanzania
text: the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation. Tanzania is one of the signatories of the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa (2012). The Ebola epidemic in 2014 highlighted the challenge of mobilizing funds, equipment and human resources to manage a rapidly evolving health crisis. In 2015, the United States of America decided to invest US$1 billion over the next five years in preventing, detecting and responding to future infectious disease outbreaks in 17 countries, within its Global Health Security Agenda. Tanzania is one of these 17 countries. The others are: (in Africa) Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia,

title: Ebola virus cases in the United States
text: from countries with confirmed Ebola cases." On October 16, Navarro's Vice-President Dewayne Gragg issued a statement confirming that there had indeed been a decision to "postpone our recruitment in those nations that the Center for Disease Control and the U.S. State Department have identified as at risk." Nigeria's outbreak was among the least severe in West Africa and was considered over by the WHO on 20 October; the Nigerian health ministry had previously announced on 22 September that there were no confirmed cases of Ebola within the country. In October 2014, the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

title: Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: disease. Up until the end of September, the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ("Doctors Without Borders") is the leading organization responding to the crisis, with several treatment centers in the area. Samaritan's Purse has also provided direct patient care and medical support in Liberia; many nations and charitable organizations, foundations, and individuals have also pledged assistance to control the epidemic. , a massive international response to the crisis is under way. The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has the task of overall planning and coordination, directing the efforts of the UN agencies, national governments, and other

title: West African Ebola virus epidemic timeline of reported cases and deaths
text: yet known decisively, but scientists have enough knowledge to go public with the story. Data comes from reports by the World Health Organization Global Alert and Response Unit and the WHO's Regional Office for Africa. All numbers are correlated with United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), if available. The reports are sourced from official information from the affected countries' health ministries. The WHO has stated the reported numbers "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak", estimating there may be 3 times as many cases as officially reported. Each row of the table represents the best available

title: West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: facilities and supplies. In October, the Liberian ambassador in Washington was reported as saying that he feared that his country may be "close to collapse". By 24 October, all of the 15 Liberian districts had reported Ebola cases. By November 2014, the rate of new infections in Liberia appeared to be declining and the state of emergency was lifted. The drop in cases was believed to be related to an integrated strategy combining isolation and treatment with community behaviour change, including safe burial practices, case finding and contact tracing. In January 2015, the MSF field coordinator reported that Liberia was

title: West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: called the WHO regional office in Africa "really not competent." In April 2015, the WHO admitted very serious failings in handling the crisis and indicated reforms for any future crises; "we did not work effectively in coordination with other partners, there were shortcomings in risk communications and there was confusion of roles and responsibilities". The Ebola crisis was discussed at the June 2015 G7 meeting. The leaders pledged to assist in carrying out World Health Organization regulations. Critics criticized the G7 leaders, saying they were not committed enough in the fight against the possibility of future pandemics. In 2015 a

title: Matthew Lukwiya
text: for suspected Ebola cases, in line with the WHO guidelines. The special ward was staffed by three physicians, five nurses and five nursing assistants, all volunteers. When a South African lab confirmed the Ebola outbreak on 15 October, and a WHO delegation arrived in Gulu, they were astonished at the efficiency of the operation. Dr. Simon Mardel, a member of the WHO team, stated, Finding that their assistance was not required at St. Mary's, the WHO and Médecins Sans Frontières rapid response teams offered their assistance at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, where they found corpses abandoned in their hospital beds.

title: Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: society. Accra, in Ghana, will serve as a base for UNMEER, with teams in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. A United Nations General Assembly document, the Report of the Secretary-General on UNMEER and the Office of the Special Envoy on Ebola (A/69/404), issued on 24 September 2014, details UNMEER's proposed mission, budget, and structure.<ref name="Report of the Secretary-General (A/69/404)"></ref> In July 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency sub-regional meeting with health ministers from eleven countries in Accra, Ghana to tackle the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. On 3 July, the West African states announced collaboration

title: 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak
text: this individual as the index case has not yet been confirmed. Équateur province's Provincial Health Division reported 21 cases with symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease, of whom 17 had died, on 3 May 2018. Of these, eight cases have subsequently been shown not to have been Ebola-related. The outbreak was declared on 8 May after samples from two of five patients in Bikoro tested positive for the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. On 10 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the Democratic Republic of the Congo had a total of 32 cases of EVD, and a

title: 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak
text: named for the Ebola River, which runs as a tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Zaire strain was first identified in 1976 in Yambuku. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has established treatment centers in Bikoro, Ikoko and Wangata. WHO sent an expert team to Bikoro on 8 May, and on 13 May, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the town. , WHO had sent 138 technical personnel to the three affected areas; the Red Cross has sent more than 150 people, and UNICEF personnel are also active. Other international agencies sending teams include the

title: Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: Frontières ("Doctors Without Borders") and Samaritan's Purse were singled out as organisations that responded very early in the epidemic with especially dedicated workers who had worked alongside local caregivers. On 18 September 2014, the United Nations Security Council declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the West Africa subregion a "threat to international peace and security". The Security Council unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 2177, which urged UN member states to provide more resources to fight the outbreak. The resolution was the first in the history of the Security Council to deal with a public health crisis. It was

title: West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: to Germany. France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom received two patients (and five who were exposed). In August 2014, the WHO reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in the Boende District, part of the northern Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where 13 people were reported to have died of Ebola-like symptoms. Genetic sequencing revealed that this outbreak was caused by the Zaire Ebola species, which is indigenous to the DRC; there have been seven previous Ebola outbreaks in the country since 1976. The virology results and epidemiological findings indicated no connection

title: 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak
text: as "probable cases". The Uganda Ministry of Health has issued an alert for extra surveillance as the neighboring outbreak in the DRC is just away from its border. On 7 August, the DRC Ministry of Public Health indicated that the total count had climbed to almost 90 cases; two days later, on 9 August, it was nearly 100 cases. On 16 August, the United Kingdom indicated it would help with EVD diagnosis and monitoring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 17 August, the WHO reported that "contacts" numbered about 1500 individuals, however there could be more in certain

title: Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: of Congo which is also dealing with an Ebola outbreak unrelated to the one affecting West Africa. The Dutch government has pledged over €35 million to combat the disease. This includes donations to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Red Cross, the UN and UNICEF. In addition, a naval ship carrying relief supplies has deployed to West Africa on 6 November with a cargo which has been provided by nine EU member states. The supplies include a significant number of lorries, ambulances, mobile laboratories and other vehicles; generators, rubber gloves and boots, and other medical supplies. The New Zealand Government has

title: 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak
text: the same region of the DRC. On 17 May, WHO said that the number of individuals being monitored had risen to about 416, while the following day, the number of confirmed and suspected cases had risen to 29. As of 24 May, 520 individuals were reported to be on the contact list to monitor their health status. Of those, 226 had completed 21 days of monitoring. As of 27 May, 30 cases had been reclassified as not Ebola-related. On 13 May 2017, Doctors Without Borders indicated that they would send a team to the most recently affected area in the

title: Ebola virus cases in the United States
text: Hundreds of people were tested or monitored for potential Ebola virus infection, but the two nurses were the only confirmed cases of locally transmitted Ebola. Public health experts and the Obama administration opposed instituting a travel ban on Ebola endemic areas, stating that it would be ineffective and would paradoxically worsen the situation. No one both contracted and died of Ebola virus disease while in the United States. No new cases have been diagnosed in the United States since Craig Spencer was released from a New York City hospital on November 11, 2014. Thomas Eric Duncan <section begin=duncan5/>was from Monrovia,

title: Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: fact sheet detailing the key elements of the US response. These include: The United States Africa Command, working through United States Army Africa, has designated the Army's response to the epidemic as Operation United Assistance. According to a WHO report released on 18 September, the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ("Doctors Without Borders") is the leading organization responding to the crisis.Médecins Sans Frontières has campaigned since the beginning of the epidemic for a better response from governments and international agencies. Speaking at a United Nations (UN) briefing on 2 September, Joanne Liu, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, criticized

title: West African Ebola virus epidemic
text: critical of the international response. Speaking on 3 September, the International President of MSF spoke out concerning the lack of assistance from United Nations (UN) member countries: "Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it." In a 26 September statement, the WHO stated that "[t]he Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa is the most severe acute public health emergency seen in modern times" and its Director-General called the outbreak "the largest, most complex and most severe we've ever seen". In March 2015, the United Nations Development Group reported that