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UNICEF to boost staff in Ebola-hit countries; UN health chief deplores lagging vaccine research

YoopyaNov 4, 2014July 15, 20230

3 November 2014 – As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today that it plans to boost its staff in countries on the frontlines

Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun

YoopyaOct 9, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 3,879 people out of 8,033 cases by the end of Oct. 5, with no

Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia’s Islamist radicals

YoopyaOct 6, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The children of refugees who fled Lebanon’s civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in

Record number of migrant deaths at sea, in deserts this year – IOM

YoopyaSep 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A record 4,077 migrants have died already this year crossing deserts and seas worldwide, three-quarters of them in perilous

Rains complicate delivery of Ebola supplies in West Africa

YoopyaSep 30, 2014July 29, 20230

By Stella Dawson WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The rainy season in West Africa is compounding difficulties in getting supplies delivered and new treatment centres

Obama says “significant gap” in global effort to fight Ebola

YoopyaSep 26, 2014July 15, 20230

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that there was still a significant gap between where we are

Obama says global climate deal must include emerging economies

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday a new global agreement on climate change must include strong commitments from emerging economies and move