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DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response

New York : Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday. more

Security Council gravely concerned by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, demands immediate end to violence hampering response

New York, Aug 3 (JEN): The UN Security Council on Friday expressed grave concern about the current Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and stressed the urg ...

UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; complex crisis impacting unprecedented number of children

New York, July 31 (JEN): With an unprecedented number of children affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children&rsquo ...

UN food relief agency airlifts aid to DR Congo province hit by Ebola outbreak

New York, Emergency food aid is being delivered to people affected by the Ebola virus in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WF ...

Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic Congo is ‘largely contained’: WHO

New York: Almost two months after the start of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations health experts announced on Tuesday that the deadly dise ...

WHO reports ‘very strong progress’ in battling DR Congo Ebola outbreak

New York: One month after the start of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations health experts on Friday reported “very strong progress” ...

DR Congo Ebola outbreak not yet a global ‘health emergency’, but strong response to disease vital – UN health experts

New York, May 19: An emergency meeting of United Nations health experts said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where cases of ...

Emergency meeting called as Ebola spreads to Congolese city – UN health agency

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to “consider the international risks” of the latest outbreak of the deadly disease Eb ...

Experts race against clock to quell Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo province – UN

New York, May 19(Just Earth News): A race against the clock has begun to contain an outbreak of Ebola in a remote northern area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the United Natio ...

UN health agency deploying technical experts to site of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

New York, May 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency is deploying technical experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid an outbreak of Ebola virus near its nort ...

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