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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

Ahead of his arrival, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appealed to armed groups to declare a ceasefire so that health workers can reach people and stop the spread of the disease. Since May 15, UN agencies have supported the DRC and neighboring Uganda to contain the outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus,

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Ituri province spread in an environment where insecurity, attacks on health facilities and population movements made it “almost impossible” to trace contacts and isolate cases. “We cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while the bombs fall,he said. The Bundibugyo strain of

The Bundibugyo (BVD) strain outbreak is a major cause of concern in the DRC, where there have been more than 900 suspected cases and around 220 suspected deaths. So far, there have been seven confirmed cases in Uganda. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the outbreak, which it has declared a public health emergency of

The latest outbreak of the deadly disease, which the WHO has declared a public health emergency of international concern, is spreading faster than health workers can contain it. In the DRC, the epicenter of the outbreak, the WHO has upgraded its national risk assessment from high to very high, and neighboring countries – including Uganda,