Head of UNMEER Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (second right) meets in Monrovia with Special Representative for…
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UN health agency says no Ebola detected in Iraq, calls reports of cases ‘rumours
Photo: WHO/C. Banluta 6 January 2015 – Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several…
Continue ReadingCourage of Ebola health workers should inspire greater efforts by all, says Ban
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) stands with Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone, seen here showing their hospital…
Continue ReadingTaliban attack on Pakistan school an act of ‘horror and rank cowardice’, says UN chief
Pupil of a primary school class in Pakistan. Photo: UNESCO/Akhtar Soomro 16 December 2014 – United…
Continue ReadingUN capacities ‘pushed to the limit’ in 2014, Ban says in year-end wrap-up
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses journalists at UN Headquarters. UN Photo/Mark Garten 17 December 2014 – After…
Continue ReadingEbola: UN says health workers in Sierra Leone to receive hazard pay using mobile money
Ambulance depot near an emergency response centre, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Ambulances and drivers have to…
Continue ReadingScale-up in effective malaria control dramatically reduces deaths
9 DECEMBER 2014 ¦ GENEVA – The number of people dying from malaria has fallen dramatically…
Continue ReadingIsrael must curb ‘continuous stream’ of protest fatalities in Occupied Palestinian Territory – UN
Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, holds his first press conference…
Continue ReadingUN meeting urges critical improvements to health systems of Ebola-affected countries
Mandatory handwashing at the entrance to the village of Bokoulouma, Guinea, to combat the outbreak of…
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