Category: Self Care

GENEVA – The World Health Organization says insecurity and lack of access in conflict-ridden parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo remain major threats to ending the Ebola outbreak there.The latest reports put the number of confirmed cases at 3,354…

EBOLOWA, CAMEROON � Members of measles vaccination teams in southern Cameroon have been attacked and beaten by locals who say the serums triggered side effects that sent 12 children to local hospitals.Many rural Cameroonians distrust vaccination campai…

LONDON – The vaccine alliance GAVI announced Thursday it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines, a decision that health officials say could help prevent future outbreaks from spiraling out of control. …

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – The United States ambassador to Zambia says local government officials have condemned him for saying he was “horrified” by the sentencing of a local gay couple to 15 years in prison.Ambassador Daniel Foote told reporters Monday he wou…

At least 26 people were killed when their bus careered into a ravine in the northwest of Tunisia, officials said in a new toll.The health ministry said late Sunday that 17 people were also injured in the accident in a mountainous region popular with Tu…

NAIROBI – An international aid group says armed men stormed its compound in South Sudan and assaulted several staffers. Relief International calls the Sunday morning attack in Maban town a senseless act of violence. Staffers have sinc…

BENI, CONGO – Rebels killed four Ebola response workers in an overnight ambush in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that the attack will give the waning outbreak new momentum in what has been called a war zone. “We are…

HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Once a week, a horse track in Harare invites children born with cerebral palsy, a neuromuscular disorder, to visit. But the children don’t simply watch the horses. Trish Lillie of the Healing with Horses Therapeutic Centre says h…