Shirley Kamara, 37, an expectant mother, smiled as she received medical care at C.H. Rennie Hospital in Kakata, just over 40 miles (68 km) north of Monrovia. “Our hospital is far better now since the Ebola...
Date: June 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NILI DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – Malika, 40, sits on the chair beside the doctor, describing a problem she’s been having with her lungs. Her breaths are labored and she speaks slowly. It is early morning...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2016—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved $575 million in additional financing in International Development Association (IDA)* credit to scale up its support in the...
Date: June 7, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KURT BAHIR, August 11, 2015 – Kefale Demelash, a local carpenter, built a two-room latrine for use in the Kurt Bahir village where he lives. Inspired by a diarrhea outbreak not long ago, he built one side...
Date: August 11, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2015 – The 2014 Ebola outbreak highlighted major gaps in disease prevention and control efforts in health systems across East Africa. With the support of US$50 million approved today...
Date: July 7, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, JUNE 11, 2015— The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved an US$121 million credit and grant to support the Sahel Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Project, which aims...
Date: June 11, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2015 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$15.1 million for women and children to expand access to maternal, child health and nutrition services in...
Date: May 20, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
by Melanie Mayhew, Communications Officer Monrovia, March 10, 2015—In a few weeks’ time, she watched it take 14 lives, before she knew its name. By the time she learned its name, her sisters, brother,...
Date: March 10, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
CAPE TOWN, March 5, 2015 – Mining industry representatives and government leaders from across Africa recently participated in a World Bank Group (WBG) panel on the mining industry’s role in addressing...
Date: March 5, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, January 20, 2015–The Ebola epidemic will continue to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone even as transmission rates in the three countries show significant signs of slowing,...
Date: January 20, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Dakar, January 14, 2014 – With the Ebola virus epidemic continuing to claim lives in three West African countries, the World Bank has been working closely with leaders in the region to contain the outbreak...
Date: January 14, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
FREETOWN, December 1, 2014 - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Freetown on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 to reaffirm the Bank’s continued support to the government’s response to the Ebola...
Date: December 1, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ACCRA, December 1, 2014 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will arrive in Ghana on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 as part of a mission which also takes him to the three countries most affected by Ebola,...
Date: December 1, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
CONAKRY, December 1, 2014 —The President of the World Bank Group (WBG) Jim Yong Kim will be in Conakry on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 to reaffirm the WBG’s support for the Government and people of Guinea...
Date: December 1, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MONROVIA, December 1, 2014 - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Liberia on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 to further strengthen the Bank’s continuing response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)....
Date: December 1, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ACCRA, October 28, 2014— World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will arrive in Ghana on Thursday, October 30, 2014, for meetings with Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and other country officials. Dr....
Date: October 28, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
FREETOWN –With World Bank funding to the Government of Sierra Leone, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has airlifted 20 ambulances and 10 mortuary pickup trucks to scale up the Government logistical...
Date: October 21, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2014—Ministers of finance from four African countries on October 11th called on the international community, including the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
Date: October 14, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DAKAR, September 25, 2014 - The World Bank has approved financing to the Government of Guinea–Bissau for a health contingency plan that would help prevent the spread of the Ebola virus to the country....
Date: September 25, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MONROVIA, Liberia, 26 August 2014 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) airlifted 100 metric tonnes of health and hygiene supplies to Liberia’s Roberts International Airport Tuesday morning, strengthening...
Date: August 26, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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