Excellencies, heads of delegation, dear colleagues and friends,It’s an honour to join you today.I thank the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for hosting this event and the Country Support Platform of the Global Task …
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DR Congo reports 5 ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak
KINSHASA— The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country.Five cases of Ebola virus disease, i…
Read MoreDR Congo reports 5 ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak
KINSHASA— The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country.Five cases of Ebola virus disease, i…
Read MoreMalawi Rolls Out Cholera Vaccine to Contain Outbreak
Malawi has rolled out a vaccination campaign to help stop an outbreak of cholera. Authorities report more than 350 cases and 17 deaths from cholera across eight districts of southern Malawi.Malawi’s Ministry of Health declared the cholera outbreak in e…
Read MoreClimate to Conflict, Davos’ Post-COVID Return Has Full Plate
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Davos — the hub of an elite annual gathering in the Swiss Alps — is back, more than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic kept its business gurus, political leaders and high-minded activists away. There’s no shortage of urgent issu…
Read MoreAfrica To Invest In Health Of Women, Children In Humanitarian Settings
NAIROBI, Provision of quality and affordable healthcare services to women, children and adolescents in Africa’s conflict hotspots will be a priority, to avert a humanitarian crisis, senior officials said at a virtual forum.Margaret Agama-Anyetei, actin…
Read MoreWHO Expects More Cases of Monkeypox to Emerge Globally
LONDON — The World Health Organization said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found.As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox have been…
Read MoreNorth Korea Confirms Its First Detection of COVID-19
North Korea, which has largely kept its borders shuttered over the pandemic, Thursday confirmed its first detection of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.According to the official Korea Central News Agency, samples were taken from a group o…
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