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“Every day cases are being identified in new health zones. And that really reflects the scale of this outbreak, a scale much larger than what is being detected, and the high mobility of the population in this part of the DRC,” said Dr. Olivier le Polain, head of epidemiology and analysis at the World Health […]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed alarm at the rioting and destruction in Northern Ireland following the attack, which went viral on social media – and the release of police bodycam footage linked to the murder of a student in Southampton by a British-born Sikh. He offered sympathy to the

The rapid outbreak, which has also spread to neighboring Uganda, is caused by the rare and deadly Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. WHO’s Director of Health Alert and Response Operations, Dr. Abdirahman Mahamud, told journalists in Geneva that per June 8 in DRC has been 550 confirmed cases and 101 deaths. “The good news

Damien Mama, interim humanitarian coordinator in the DRC, arrived Sunday in the provincial capital, Bunia, where he will assess response efforts and strengthen coordination in support of the government-led campaign to end the latest deadly epidemic. Increasing caseload The rapid outbreak – which has also spread to neighboring Uganda – is caused by the rare

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