New York, Oct 21 (JEN): Ebola is no longer a localized public health emergency, top UN officials said in Havana on Mondayas they commended Cuba for sending doctors and nurses to the affected ...
New York, Oct 18 (JEN) Survivors of Ebola who have developed immunity to the virus are being trained to care for children in Liberia and Sierra Leone, a United Nations official on Fridayanno ...
New York, Oct 18 (JEN) More migrants and asylum-seekers are dying in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, this year than in the last three years combined, the UN refugee ...
New York, Oct 17 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on the international community to step up its efforts to respond to the Ebola crisis and turn pledges into action, while ...
New York, Oct 17 (JEN): Combating the “twin plagues” of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while addressing the largest number of forcibly displaced people since ...
New York, Oct 16 (JEN) The United Nations continues to ramp-up its Ebola response, reaching more than 530,000 people with food assistance in hard-hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and, i ...
New York, Oct 16 (JEN) As the world celebrates the seventh annual Global Handwashing Day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is spotlighting how the simple practice not only saves ...
New York, Oct 15 (JEN) The Ebola outbreak is "winning the race" against attempts to contain it, the head of the United Nations mission working to stop the deadly virus warned the Security Co ...
New York, Oct 14 (JEN) Community engagement and activism are critical in Sierra Leone’s ongoing battle against the spread of Ebola, a United Nations official declared on Monday, adding tha ...
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