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BBC launches public health service for Ebola on WhatsApp

DNA Web Team

Updated : Oct 16, 2014, 03:11 PM IST

A sign at the international airport in Guatemala City.

BBC has launched a public health service on WhatsApp to spread information on Ebola. The app has been aimed in particular at users in West Africa where the chat service is a popular platform for spreading awareness about the disease and methods of prevention. Majority of the Ebola cases have been recorded in West Africa and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the number of new cases may rise up to 10,000 a week within two months if efforts to control the epidemic are not stepped-up.

BBC's service will provide audio, text message alerts and images to help people get the latest public health information. The app aims to "reach people directly though their mobile phone".

To subscribe, users need to type 'JOIN' via WhatsApp to +44 7702 348 651.They can send 'STOP' via WhatsApp to the same number to unsubscribe from the service.

BBC also says it is providing information on Ebola through special bulletins online and on TV. The information is being made available in different languages.

A total of 4,493 people have died from the world's worst Ebola outbreak on record. WHO said a total of 8,997 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola had been reported in seven countries as of October 12, with the vast majority of these in the three West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

With agency inputs.

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