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UN congratulates frontline workers battling Ebola in West Africa

New York, Dec 11 (JEN) The United Nations on Wednesdaycongratulated the front line workers in the field battling Ebola on their well-deserved recognition as Time “Person of the Year,” while countries affected by the outbreak and their partners met to ensure cases do not cross borders and to lay the foundation for resilient health systems respectively. more

Ebola: UN envoy says intense response needed for western Sierra Leone and Guinea-Mali border

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): The United Nations, working with its national and international partners to halt the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, is currently focusing attention on bringing down ...

Paying out-of-pocket for healthcare leads to ‘deep impoverishment’ – UN report

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): Some 80 per cent of the population across 44 countries lives without any health protection, essentially being deprived of the right to healthcare simply because they ...

CapitalVia organizes blood donation camp

Indore, Dec 9 (JEN): CapitalVia Global Research Limited, one of the leading companies in pure play Financial Market Research & Consulting. organised a Blood Donation camp Tuesday in associ ...

World must do ‘whatever it takes’ to ensure recovery of Ebola-affected countries – Ban

New York, Dec 6 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Fridayto members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to do whatever it takes” to help the West Af ...

Cooler box-equipped motorbikes donated to UN will speed up Ebola testing process in West Africa

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) Four hundred motorbikes equipped with cooler boxes will help speed up deliveries of blood samples to laboratories from remote areas of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ...

Ebola: World Bank reports economic impact in worst-hit countries to exceed $500 million in 2014

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) The World Bank announced on Tuesday that economic growth estimates in the three countries most affected by the Ebola crisis have been revised sharply downward with the ...

‘Nimble and flexible’ approach needed to bring new Ebola cases to zero – UN

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) Exceptional efforts to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa are starting to show results, but a more “nimble and flexible” approach will be needed as the o ...

Ebola: UN health agency advises male survivors to abstain from sex for 3 months

New York, Nov 29 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned that it is possible for the Ebola virus to be present in semen for 3 months after recovery, as the ...

'The world is on the side of those who are involved in this fight' against Ebola – UN envoy

New York, Nov 29 (JEN) The top United Nations officials leading the fight against Ebola have made an appeal for people who possess skills that are “quite rare” to join the global effort, ...