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UN chief condemns “indifference” as Ebola cases mount in DR Congo

The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires “urgent” action and funding to rein in its alarming spread, the UN Secretary-General told reporters at UN Headquarters on Thursday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/vY7DLb8 via IFTTT

More health workers, stronger systems: Africa’s new ambitious goal

Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new decade-long plan announced on Wednesday during a meeting of health ministers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/3YMmtL9 via IFTTT

100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread

A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented scale and efforts must grow to contain the spread in the eastern region and across borders, UN agencies warned on Monday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/t3UKS2W via IFTTT

DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/tuRHzBC via IFTTT

Ebola: Motorbike riders carrying the sick may hold key to response boost

From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on Tuesday of a massive push for community engagement, a day after yet another ambulance attack. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/RKkpOGz via IFTTT

Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history

The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/uxGcQ4a via IFTTT

‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest – is killing one person every 30 minutes. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/qcXEpRO via IFTTT

An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account

Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/bmW790p via IFTTT

Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns

Authorities in Iran intercepted 3,663 kilogrammes of methamphetamines headed for Europe and the Persian Gulf in the first quarter of 2026, according to the UN’s drugs and crime fighting agency (UNODC). from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/hCBwzgk via IFTTT

Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are tracking a growing share of people exposed to Ebola, but the epidemic in the country's restive east continues to outpace their ability to find and isolate the sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/KV8y7lH via IFTTT

Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa

Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, UN children’s agency UNICEF has said. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/epx60vi via IFTTT

WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the safety of childhood vaccines in response to a new directive from the White House to overhaul the recommended inoculation schedule. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/ugwy0az via IFTTT

Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine

Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/3hRfyXv via IFTTT

DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor

More than 1,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak – and most of them never made it to a treatment centre. Between 60 and 70 per cent of deaths are happening in communities far from care, a gap that is now central to the World Health Organization's response.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/dcpLRTK via IFTTT

Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine

More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of the only vaccine against the disease to halt further spread of the rare Bundibugyo species. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/ZyJRq70 via IFTTT

Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo

Agencies are on high alert amid reports that the rapidly spreading Ebola Bundibugyo virus species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has infected 19 internally displaced people, killed five of them, according to the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR). from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/mX1ZRAP via IFTTT

New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo

Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/4cTL5xY via IFTTT

DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak

New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/BjvF2iw via IFTTT