WHO and Brazil urge world leaders to finalize Pandemic Agreement to prevent future global health crises
Written by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the message underscored the shared global…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola spreads as agencies prepare to care for child victims
“Cases are being identified every day in new health zones. And that really reflects the scale of this outbreak, a much larger scale than what…
World news in brief: Turk condemns riots in Northern Ireland, jobs at risk as animal diseases spread and heat waves cause public health crisis in Europe
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed alarm on Thursday over the unrest and destruction in Northern Ireland as a…
WHO: Building trust and testing at the center of the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The rapid outbreak, which has also spread to neighboring Uganda, is caused by the rare and deadly Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. WHO’s…
‘Rare and untreatable strain’: Ebola death toll rises in eastern DRC
Damien Mama, Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, arrived on Sunday in Bunia, the provincial capital, where he…
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Faith, fear and trust: the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s fight against Ebola
The family carried out the burial themselves, potentially exposing dozens more people to the virus. The incident offers a stark example of one of the…
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World news in brief: UN steps up Ebola response, refugees ‘exiled’ in Africa, political tensions rise in Somalia
In eastern DRC, UN agencies are supporting national health authorities through Ebola treatment centres, case management, surveillance efforts and…
Unhealthy food kills 1.5 million people every year; Children are most at risk: WHO
New insights released Wednesday ahead of next week’s World Food Safety Day show that children under five are particularly vulnerable. Although…
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Yemen: Hunger crisis deepens as funding cuts leave millions without support
About five million people – or 47 percent of the population – are currently experiencing crises or worse levels of acute food insecurity (Phase 3…
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Regional health agency issues measles alert for World Cup
The combination of increasing measles transmission and increased international travel creates conditions that could accelerate the spread of the…
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