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UN report confirms death of 6.3m children in 2017

No fewer than 6.3 million children under the age of 15 died from mostly preventable…

WHO enhances HIV treatment cascade to improve interventions in S. Sudan

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with South Sudan’s health ministry has strengthened HIV…

Cholera: Zimbabwe records 4,000 cases, declares state of emergency – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that the Government of Zimbabwe has declared a…

DRC records new cases of deadly Ebola virus – WHO, UNICEF

New cases of deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the…

800,000 people commit suicide annually – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 800,000 people commit suicide annually, the…

Ebola: WHO wants access to conflict zones in Congo

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has pleaded for access…

WHO raises alarm on spread of Ebola in Congo’s conflict zones

The Ebola virus may be spreading undetected in no-go zones in Congo’s conflicted North Kivu…

WHO raises alarm over rising Ebola cases in DR Congo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm that cases from the resurgent Ebola…

How “unsafe burial” of woman triggered new Ebola outbreak in DRC – WHO

The death and unsafe burial of a 65-year-old woman in Mangina in Democratic Republic of…

‘We’ll fight new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’ – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would fight the resurgence of Ebola virus in…