Health

Funding gap looms amid efforts to tackle ‘twin plagues’ Ebola, ISIL, warns UN rights chief

New York, Oct 17 (JEN): Combating the “twin plagues” of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while addressing the largest number of forcibly displaced people since World War II amid budget cuts is like “being asked to use a boat and bucket to cope with a flood”, the United Nations’ new human rights chief told journalists in Geneva Thursday. more

Ebola response in ‘high-gear’ as UN official warns ‘things will get worse before they improve’

New York, Oct 16 (JEN) The United Nations continues to ramp-up its Ebola response, reaching more than 530,000 people with food assistance in hard-hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and, i ...

On World Day, UN spotlights handwashing as vital tool in fight against Ebola

New York, Oct 16 (JEN) As the world celebrates the seventh annual Global Handwashing Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is spotlighting how the simple practice not only saves ...

‘We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,’ against Ebola – UN

New York, Oct 10 (JEN) Declaring that the world has never seen anything like current Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, senior United Nations officials on Friday warned that the virus is � ...

Ebola: UN agency launches initiative to tackle growing food security threat in West Africa

New York, Oct 9 (JEN) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday is launching a programme that will assist 90,000 vulnerable households in Guinea, Liberia and S ...

Ebola: UN mission readies to start work as virus death toll surpasses 3,000

New York, Sept 27 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said it is intensifying its cooperation with a wide range of partners trying to accelerate work on experi ...

Ebola: As global response lags, UN warns 20,000 may be infected by November

New York, Sept 24 (JEN) Unless efforts to control the Ebola outbreak in West Africa are ramped up, more than 20,000 people could be infected by early November, according to a joint United Na ...

Ebola: Joint UN assessment response team heads to Liberia

New York, Sept 20 (JEN) Hours after the United Nations decided to establish an emergency health mission to tackle the West African Ebola outbreak, a joint disaster team is heading to Liberi ...

UN announces mission to combat Ebola, declares outbreak ‘threat to peace and security’

New York, Sept 19 (JEN) The Security Council, in its first emergency meeting on a public health crisis, on Thursday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a threat to peace and security ...

Ban welcomes US support in Ebola response ahead of Security Council emergency session on outbreak

New York, Sept 18 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with the head of the United Nations health agency, will outline the international action plan to contain Ebola on Thursday wh ...