Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Help for Venezuelans, Burundi Ebola vaccine drive, Paraguay poison probe urged, talking disarmament in Geneva, Libya violence down
Our main stories today cover: Scaled-up assistance for Venezuelans; Ebola [...]
Winnie Byanyima ‘honoured to be joining UNAIDS’ as next Executive Director
The UN programme dedicated to the elimination of AIDS as [...]
Friday’s Daily Brief: Security Council Ebola response, UNICEF chief on ‘devastating week’ for children in Middle East and North Africa, climate and migration links
Our main stories today: Security Council concern over DRC Ebola [...]
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo’s eastern border, UN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns
Our main stories today cover: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Ebola [...]
UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo, following second case in major border town
Senior UN officials tasked with controlling the Ebola outbreak in [...]
UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; complex crisis impacting unprecedented number of children
With an unprecedented number of children affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the [...]
UN sees progress in fight against tobacco, warns more action needed to help people quit deadly product
Progress is being made in the battle against the global [...]
DR Congo: efforts to control Ebola epidemic continue, UN food relief agency doubles assistance to affected people
With Ebola accelerating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...]
Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ UN health chief says
Calling for “bold political leadership” ahead of World Hepatitis Day, the [...]
‘Deadly environment’ plus ‘political and social’ obstacles hinder Ebola fight in DR Congo, Security Council hears
The problems of eradicating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of [...]
UN health agency ‘strongly recommends’ dolutegravir antiretroviral medication to manage HIV
Based on new evidence, the United Nations health agency on [...]
UN health agency ‘strongly recommends’ dolutegravir antiretroviral medication to manage HIV
Based on new evidence, the United Nations health agency on [...]
Don’t panic, support DR Congo in fight against deadly Ebola virus, UN health agency urges
Ebola virus is just one challenge among many facing communities [...]
UNICEF urges ‘transformative shift’ in family-friendly work policies to reap ‘huge’ benefits
Because the “earliest years” of life are the most crucial, [...]
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Ebola Public Health Emergency in DR Congo, young peacemakers, defining moment for Sudan, war crimes fugitives, migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary
In today’s Daily Brief: the DR Congo Ebola outbreak is [...]
DR Congo Ebola outbreak now a Public Health Emergency, UN health agency declares
The second worst Ebola outbreak of all time, in the [...]
‘Greater urgency’ needed in fight against HIV/AIDS, warns UN agency, amidst $1 billion investment cuts
The UN programme leading the global effort to end AIDS [...]
Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children
Ahead of a key expert meeting convened by the United Nations [...]
‘We won’t get to zero cases of Ebola without a big scale-up in funding,’ UN relief chief warns
Deadly, attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the [...]
Monday’s Daily Brief: numbers of hungry people rising, millions of children need vaccines, Mali children need more protection
In today’s Daily Brief: achieving zero hunger an “immense challenge”, [...]