Bee deaths a major concern: Environmentalists
Sep 10, 2016, at 05:24 pm
Toronto, Sep 10 (IBNS): According to a recent report published by the Daily News, more than a million bees died in South Carolina, Americas due to the aerial spraying of pesticides to eradicate Zika virus.
Jun 18, 2016, at 12:25 pm
New York, June 18 (Just Earth News):The United Nations health agency on Friday issued a revised strategic response plan for the next one and a half years to combat the transmission of the Zika virus, which has now spread to 60 countries.
At governing body, UN atomic agency chief spotlights development support, nuclear security
Jun 07, 2016, at 04:17 am
New York, June 6 (Just Earth News):Support for countries that are fighting the Zika virus and the verification and monitoring of activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iran were among the key issues highlighted by Director General Yukiya Amano to the agency’s Board of Governors in Vienna on Monday.
Zika ‘on doorstep of Africa,’ UN health agency warns after virus confirmed in Cabo Verde
May 21, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, May 21(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency on Friday confirmed that the Zika virus strain circulating in Cabo Verde, an island nation off the northwest coast of Africa, is the same as the one responsible for the outbreaks linked to neurological disorders and microcephaly in South America.
UN health agency foresees low to moderate risk of Zika virus spread in Europe
May 19, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, May 19 (Just Earth News):The overall risk of a Zika virus outbreak across Europe is low to moderate during late spring and summer, according to a new risk assessment published on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), with a varying risk across the region that is higher in countries where Aedes mosquitoes are present.
UN launches multi-partner trust fund for Zika virus response
May 07, 2016, at 04:38 pm
New York, May 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced the establishment of the UN Zika Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to finance critical unfunded priorities in the response to the Zika outbreak.
Zika virus an international public health emergency: WHO
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Meeting on Monday on the Zika virus outbreak, the World Health Organization announced that the recent cluster of neurological disorders and neonatal malformations reported in the Americas region constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.