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According to the latest figures, more than 1,400 confirmed cases of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease, including 350 deaths, have been reported in the two countries. More than 90 percent of the infections are concentrated in Ituri province in the DRC, a major cross-border trade hub with Uganda – ravaged by years of armed conflict. Calling […]

Key takeaways Hantavirus is officially over Ebola virus is spreading in DR Congo Tons of supplies delivered in earthquake-stricken Venezuela Air pollution remains “invisible” killer Young people must be protected online WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the world’s temperature on pressing health issues and provided the latest on current global challenges – and successes

The new oneBlueprint for strengthening responses to fungal diseases and antifungal resistanceissued Tuesday, lays out practical steps to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Fungal diseases affecting more than 300 million people each year and is associated with high mortality, long-term illness and large losses in health and productivity worldwide. Growing global threat They range

“We have seen an unprecedented increase in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or dangerous than before,” said Monica Juma, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). An estimated 331 million people used drugs in 2024, corresponding to 6.2 percent of the world’s

“Those responsible for violations of the law must be held accountable and the victims’ families’ right to truth, justice and compensation and guarantees of non-repetition must be upheld,” Mr Türk said in a statement. Mr. Türk’s call comes as 18 people died while in ICE custody in the first five months of this year, up

At a media briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that more than a month into the outbreak, Frontline responders have expanded care and testing at an unprecedented rate, but conditions on the ground remain challenging. “It is encouraging to see that since the outbreak was first reported five weeks ago, the response

Dr. Abdirahman Mahamud, director of health alert and response operations at the World Health Organization (WHO), who returned last week from a month in the DRC, said that as of Monday, 1,048 confirmed cases have been reported, including 267 deaths. “This is the largest number of confirmed cases in the first month of an Ebola

Accounting for 15 percent of confirmed cases and over 25 percent of deaths since the outbreak in April, children are almost twice as likely to die as adults, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Children are particularly vulnerable because they are dependent on caregivers and cannot distance themselves from a sick parent or

At the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, held every five years since 2001, speakers called on governments to recommit to ending AIDS as a threat to public health by 2030 and to adopt a new political declaration to guide the global response over the next five years. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed reflected on the extraordinary

DRC now has more than 780 confirmed cases and 180 deaths, while Uganda has recorded 19 confirmed cases, including two deaths. On the spot, the response has expanded considerably. About 400 beds are now available and four laboratories are operational. Two of them alone can process almost 1,000 samples per day. Yet despite this scale-up,