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WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
Such a declaration would risk creating restrictions on travel or trade “that could severely harm the economy in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Aavitsland said.
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Family sent back to DR Congo after 2 die of Ebola in Uganda
The cases marked the first time the virus has crossed an international border since the current outbreak began in Congo last August.
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One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo - WHO
Some 2,025 cases and 1,357 deaths have been recorded since the epidemic began in August in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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WHO recognises 'burnout' as medical condition
WHO defines burnout as 'a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed'.
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Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The previous record was 110 confirmed cases a couple of weeks ago.
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How to aid your child's early development
A table recommendations for the World Health Organisation (WHO) for good health and development of children under five years of age.
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Measles cases rose nearly four-fold in first quarter 2019 - WHO
Higher rates of the preventable but contagious disease have been recorded in all regions, the United Nations agency said in a statement, appealing for better vaccination coverage.
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121 killed, nearly 600 wounded in Libya fighting: WHO
Fighting in Tripoli has killed 121 people and wounded 561 since commander Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the Libyan capital.
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Mozambique to start cholera vaccinations next week after cyclone
With tens of thousands of displaced people moved to makeshift camps, relief efforts have increasingly focused on containing outbreaks of waterborne and infectious diseases.
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WHO forum pitches for universal health care in Africa
Countries south of the Sahara account for roughly half of the five million children around the world who each year die before their fifth birthday, while 40% of people with the AIDS virus in Africa still do not have access to HIV drugs.
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WHO says aiming to halt DRC Ebola outbreak within six months
The ongoing Ebola outbreak, the 10th in DRC’s history, emerged in North Kivu in August 2018 and then spread to neighbouring Ituri province.
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WHO launches strategy to fight 'inevitable' flu pandemics
WHO's new strategy, for 2019 through 2030, aims to prevent seasonal influenza, control the virus's spread from animals to humans and prepare for the next pandemic.
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Turn it down! Millennials' music habit puts their hearing at risk - UN
Already 466 million people worldwide have debilitating hearing loss, up from 360 million in 2010 and the figure is expected to nearly double to 900 million, says WHO.
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DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 500: health ministry
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said that, for the first time, a vaccination programme had protected 76,425 people and prevented "thousands" of deaths.
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WHO looks at standards in 'uncharted water' of gene editing
The Chinese government last Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the editing of human genes, after a Chinese scientist said he had edited the genes of twin babies.
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DR Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni after clashes: WHO
DR Congo's health ministry had announced a suspension of operations in Beni after deadly clashes erupted Friday just a 'few metres' from a local emergency centre and the hotels of several response teams.
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Death toll from DRC cholera outbreak at 857
Health authorities have so far recorded 25,170 cases, occurring in 21 out of the country's 26 provinces, the WHO's office in the DRC said.
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Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors
Smog is blamed for the deaths of more than one million Indians every year and Delhi, which on Monday had emergency pollution levels more than 35 times WHO safe limit, has the worst air of any global capital.
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Yellow fever kills 10 in Ethiopia, WHO ships 1.45 million vaccines
The outbreak was confirmed in Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region and has been traced back to a patient who fell ill on 21 August It has caused 35 suspected cases of the disease.
