Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres and poses a high regional risk given its proximity to borders, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Four people have tested positive for Ebola in[…]
The World Health Organization said on Friday it had received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that had destroyed a storage room containing more than 130,000 vaccine doses against measles and polio. If confirmed, the WHO said, the attack will put thousands of children at risk[…]
War-torn Yemen has been hit by a cholera outbreak, the United Nations has warned, saying it poses a further threat to children in the impoverished country. “This outbreak adds to the misery of millions of children in Yemen,” Julien Harneis, the representative for the UN’s children agency (UNICEF) in the[…]
Vice President of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Middle East Jawad Al-Mahjour congratulated the kingdom on organizing a successful Haj, which was free of epidemic diseases. At a joint press conference with Health Minster Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Al-Mahjour said WHO expresses great appreciation and thanks to all personnel working[…]
On the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated worldwide on 5 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges all health care workers to increase safety through improving hand hygiene and reducing health care-associated infections. The subject of this year’s campaign is surgical site infections, with particular focus on ensuring[…]
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said West Africa’s Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes an international public health threat, declaring that the 20-month global emergency response is over but stressing that a “high level of vigilance” must be maintained. The Emergency Committee convened by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan[…]
The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday it has managed to deliver desperately needed medical supplies to Yemen’s Taiz city which has been besieged for months by Shia Houthi fighters. The WHO has “successfully delivered more than 20 tonnes of life-saving medicines and medical supplies,” it said in a statement.[…]
The Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will not be cancelled and the mosquito-borne virus will not affect the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said. Speaking in Los Angeles on Monday, IOC President Thomas Bach expressed confidence that there will be good conditions for athletes and spectators at the Rio[…]
Almost half of all Ebola infections in West Africa have been recorded in two districts located in the border region between Sierra Leone and Guinea, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.The UN agency is now focusing its efforts on containing the deadly virus in the two worst affected[…]
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