Press Releases
Dispatch of experts in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries
November 11, 2014
1. The Government of Japan has decided to newly dispatch four experts to the Republic of Liberia and the Republic of Sierra Leone through the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries. The experts are scheduled to successively depart for their destinations during November.
2. This will bring the total number of Japanese experts having participated or participating in the WHO mission to 10 people.
(* The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)