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The family carried out the funeral themselves – potentially exposing dozens more people to the virus. The incident is a stark illustration of one of the biggest obstacles to efforts to contain the latest deadly epidemic, which has infected 381 people and claimed 64 lives in the DRC per year. June 3. For Marie Roseline […]

In eastern DRC, UN agencies are supporting national health authorities through Ebola treatment centres, case management, surveillance efforts and the provision of essential medicines and medical supplies. According to Congolese authorities, more than 90 percent of reported cases are concentrated in Ituri province, although infections have also been detected in North and South Kivu. The

The new insight, released on Wednesday ahead of next week’s World Food Safety Day, shows that children under five are particularly vulnerable. Although they stand for only nine percent of the global population, they suffer from nearly a third of all foodborne illnessesmany of them serious diarrheal diseases that can prove fatal, according to the

About five million people – or 47 percent of the population – are currently experiencing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (stage 3 and above). Meanwhile, another 1.4 million people are trapped in the “emergency” and the number is expected to grow as the year progresses. “Families are being pushed beyond their coping

The combination of increasing measles transmission and increased international travel creates conditions that can accelerate the spread of the disease during major events, the UN-backed Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned in a warning. It called on authorities to step up surveillance, identify the highest risk areas and ensure travelers have access to information and

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus briefed reporters in Geneva a day after returning from the DRC, where he met a wide range of stakeholders, and said he was encouraged by the government’s commitment to fighting the deadly epidemic, which has also spread to neighboring Uganda. “What I saw gave me hopehe said. “The outbreak had a big

“More recoveries are expected, especially when people are diagnosed early and able to access care and when the outbreak response intensifies“, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update on Sunday. A total of five people have recovered from the virus, the agency said, citing the case of a lab worker that

According to initial information from the Lebanese authorities, at least 86 people, including health workers, have been injured in the strikes at Jabal Amel Hospital. The attacks “caused significant damage … to the emergency department and the intensive care unit,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Lebanon, Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar. Dr. Speaking from

Speaking in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province and the epicenter of the outbreak, Tedros said local communities must remain at the center of the response to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment. “We are not here to tell people what to do. We are here

Early detection and community mobilization remain critical to saving lives as potential treatments and vaccines are still being evaluated, the UN health agency said on Friday. Since May 15, UN agencies have supported both the DRC and neighboring Uganda to contain the outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which spreads