Medical devices for Ebola outbreak

Appropriate health technologies are indispensable to the Ebola response

Due to the urgency of the Ebola outbreak and the WHO’s scale up of international response in west Africa, WHO is providing technical information on appropriate available essential medical devices which are indispensable for treatment centres, community-based units and other preventive activities, in affected and neighboring countries.

List of medical devices for Ebola care

Medical device donation guideline for Ebola outbreak

To be as efficient as possible with infrastructure, human resources, transportation and storage constraints, at the international or local levels, the WHO is calling for medical device donations to follow standard donation guidelines in order to speed up their use at the point-of-care.