Africa: Women More Likely Than Men to Die During an Ebola Outbreak: UN Body

Geneva — History has repeatedly shown us that women are more likely than men to die during an Ebola outbreak, the chief of humanitarian action of UN Women has said in Geneva.

"This is not because the disease is more deadly for women once they are infected," Sofia Calltorp addressed journalists at a UN press conference during the 2026 session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place in Geneva. "It is because women are more likely to be infected in the first place."