Advance team of UN mission for Ebola response arrives in West Africa
Sep 23, 2014, at 05:25 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS) Laying the groundwork for the effective and coherent action necessary to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has sickened more than 5,800 people and killed some 2,800, an advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response arrived on Monday in Accra, Ghana to set up the operation's headquarters.
UN health agency convenes meeting to weigh Ebola therapies, vaccines
Sep 05, 2014, at 04:41 pm
New York,Sept 5 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) began a two-day meeting in Geneva to discuss potential Ebola therapies and vaccines in response to "intense public interest in, and demand for, anything that offers hope of definitive treatment."
British Ebola patient flying to UK
Aug 25, 2014, at 03:32 am
London, Aug 24 (IBNS) The United Kingdom on Sunday said one its nationals, who had contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, is being flown back to the UK.
Ebola: cases, deaths 'vastly underestimated,'says UN health agency
Aug 16, 2014, at 04:49 pm
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS) Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate†the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the clock to stop the disease from spreading, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
Ebola: UN health agency to convene emergency meeting on deadly disease
Aug 06, 2014, at 06:20 pm
New York, Aug 6 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it will convene a two-day meeting of its emergency committee starting on Thursday to determine whether the current Ebola viral disease outbreak in West Africa is a public health emergency of international concern.
West Africa: UN provides information to curb spread of Ebola
Apr 11, 2014, at 06:40 pm
New York, Apr 11 (IBNS): Together with Ministries of Health and other partners across seven countries in West Africa, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is using culturally-sensitive communication strategies to disseminate life-saving information in order to contain the often-fatal Ebola virus, through text-messaging, radio shows, TV programmes and door-to-door campaigns.
WHO works on to contain Ebola outbreak in Guinea
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:28 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): The number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (EVD) in Guinea has jumped from 103 to 122 in just three days, with 80 confirmed deaths, said the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), which will now focus on preventing further transmissions of the often fatal disease.