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Children now constitute around half of the gang members who have taken de facto control of large swathes of the country, Vanessa Frazier told journalists...

“There’s no question that this is the most serious disruption in the HIV response since the world came together to fight this disease,” said...

Released on Friday ahead of World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, the WHO study offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of blood...

“Every day, cases are being identified in new health zones. And that reflects really the scale of this outbreak, a scale that is much...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed alarm on Thursday over the rioting and destruction in Northern Ireland resulting from the attack which...

The fast-moving outbreak, which has also spread to neighbouring Uganda, is caused by the rare and deadly Bundibugyo species of the Ebola virus. WHO’s Health Emergency...

Damien Mama, interim Humanitarian Coordinator in the DRC, arrived in the provincial capital Bunia on Sunday, where he will assess response efforts and strengthen coordination in support...

The family carried out the burial themselves – potentially exposing dozens more people to the virus. The incident offers a stark illustration of one of...

In eastern DRC, UN agencies are supporting national health authorities through Ebola treatment centres, case management, surveillance efforts and the delivery of essential medicines...

Launched by the Haitian government at the end of May, they are expected to address complex corruption cases, including the illicit trade of arms and money laundering.   The development comes after courts have...