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Delegates at the World Health Assembly made a series of decisions stemming from the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak. These give the WHO Secretariat the go-ahead to carry out structural reforms so it can prepare for and respond rapidly, flexibly and effectively to emergencies and disease outbreaks.

The World Health Assembly continued progress on Friday, reaching agreements on polio eradication; further implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005); surgical care and medical products.

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a total of US$12 million in new financing to rebuild the health system and strengthen the delivery of health services in war-torn Central African Republic (CAR). The project is expected to reach over 1 million direct beneficiaries in 2019 and will target the most vulnerable women and children.

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Population and Health Support Project to support the Government of Niger to improve delivery of reproductive health and nutrition services to women and children in some of Niger’s poorest regions on May 22. The project aims to benefit 15 million individuals, of which 60 percent will be women, who will have access to reproductive health services in order to reduce maternal mortality, infant mortality and the high fertility in this targeted regions.