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Guinea reports highest weekly Ebola case total so far this year, new UN data shows

New York, Mar 20 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the highest weekly number of Ebola cases in Guinea so far this year and noted that while transmission was confined to a narrow geographically contiguous arc straddling the capitals of Guinea and Sierra Leone, the population is highly mobile, thus creating a challenge “to prevent the seeding of new outbreaks.” more

WHO: Push back against tobacco industry to protect public health

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): The head of the United Nations health agency on Wednesday welcomed new data showing that non-smoking is becoming the new norm but urged global action to “push back ...

UN report highlights terrifying impact of Ebola on nine million children

New York, Mar 18 (JEN): Some nine million children have seen “death and suffering beyond their comprehension,” and protecting them and their communities is critical in the fight against ...

Eighty countries adopt call to action at first UN conference on dementia

New York, Mar 18 (JEN): A two-day ministerial conference on dementia hosted by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) ended in Geneva on Tuesday with 80 countries calling for act ...

Countries urged to make dementia public health priority: WHO

New York, Mar 17 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday opened the first ever Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia by reminding health minist ...

Health at very center of disaster risk reduction: WHO

New York, Mar 16 (JEN): The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders that health and str ...

'Health at very center of disaster risk reduction,' say UN agency officials in Sendai

New York, Mar 15 (JEN) The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders that health and str ...

Home, health secretaries review treatment of acid attack victims

New Delhi, Mar 14 (JEN): Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal and Secretary, Health & Family Welfare B.P. Sharma jointly convened a meeting here on Saturday with the Chief Secretaries/Health Secr ...

UN's aim to simplify care for millions infected with hepatitis B

New York, mar 13 (JEN): With 650,000 deaths caused by hepatitis B each year, and with up to 240 million people worldwide infected with the virus’s chronic strain, the United Nations health ...

Effects of Ebola outbreak felt outside affected countries: UN report

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The effects of Ebola, which has infected nearly 24,000 people and killed nearly 10,000, mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, extend beyond the people who suffe ...