Health
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Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns
Smoking very likely makes it harder to have a baby, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new…
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Response must outpace spread of Ebola: UN relief chief
The world must move faster to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is…
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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…
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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…
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Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo
Demobilised former combatants are actively joining the fight against Ebola by participating in public information campaigns in the east of…
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‘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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak
New UN-partnered centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply…
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