FEATURE: Speaking with UN peacekeepers in Liberia, South Sudan and Central...
Dr. Catherine Buzmion-Cheong, a United Nations peacekeeper, was working in Liberia when the first case of Ebola was confirmed in the West African nation.“The Ebola epidemic was...
View ArticleUN chief appoints 12 experts to his task force to prevent and manage future...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the membership of his Global Health Crises Task Force, which aims to help countries and communities prepare and respond to...
View ArticleUN, global health officials meet in South-east Asia to discuss security...
After recent outbreaks of Ebola, Zika and yellow fever, senior health officials from the United Nations, Governments and other institutions are prioritizing global health security preparedness given...
View ArticleFinal trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides 'high...
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has said that an experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea....
View ArticleUN informed of Ebola virus outbreak in northern DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed at least one person, the United Nations World health Organization (WHO) announced earlier today.“An investigation...
View ArticleUN health agency deploying technical experts to site of Ebola outbreak in DR...
The United Nations health agency is deploying technical experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid an outbreak of Ebola virus near its northern border with the Central Africa Republic,...
View ArticleInnovators, UN discuss using tech to tackle world's development challenges
From drones dropping food and medicines, to handheld devices that can diagnose Ebola with a drop of blood, the latest technological advances are converging to make the “unthinkable happen,” said...
View ArticleExperts race against clock to quell Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo...
A race against the clock has begun to contain an outbreak of Ebola in a remote northern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said...
View ArticleDR Congo approves use of Ebola vaccine to counter outbreak; UN-trained...
To contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provided technical support to 145...
View ArticleUN health agency declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
A recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, the United Nations health agency today said, while adding that enhanced surveillance for the virus...
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