Mali and Senegal had been promoting tourism to it’s countries for some time. With beach holidays in Senegal, history and culture in Mali- tourism is now threatened also by the outbreak and spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. According to eTN sources, the World Health Organization (WHO) expects forthe Ebola virus to spread out to Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal.

Currently hundreds of cases and deaths were recorded in Guinea,Sierra Leone, Liberia

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WHO and partners are providing the necessary technical support to the Ministries of Health to stop community and health facility transmission of the virus. This includes a high-level advocacy meeting with the governments of the three affected countries to enhance coordination, information management, and communication, among others.

The WHO Regional Director, in consultation with the Director General, has established a temporary function of WHO sub-regional EVD outbreak response Coordinator to directly support the affected countries. The Coordinator is based in Conakry, Guinea. In addition, WHO is organizing a high-level meeting for the Ministers of Health in the sub-region, technical experts and key stakeholders to be held from 2–3 July 2014 in Accra, Ghana. The objective is to ensure increased political commitment and enhanced cross-border collaboration for EVD response activities among the countries in the sub-region. WHO, GOARN, and other partners are also closely supporting the Ministries of Health in deploying additional experts in the various specialities (epidemiology, social mobilization, case management, data management, and logistics, among others) to support the EVD outbreak response efforts. The next cross-border technical meeting among the three countries is planned for 23 June 2014 in Kailahun, Sierra Leone.

WHO anaghị akwado ka etinyere mmachi njem ma ọ bụ azụmaahịa ọ bụla na Guinea, Liberia, ma ọ bụ Sierra Leone dabere na ozi dị ugbu a maka mmemme a.