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Edited News | WHO
Community trust and lab testing at the heart of DRC Ebola response – WHO In Ebola-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a massive push for early testing and contact tracing is underway to contain the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Press Conferences | WHO
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by a spokesperson and representative from the World Health Organization.
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Edited News | OCHA , UNFPA
The UN in Lebanon appealed for an additional $331.5 million on Friday to help 1.4 million people in crisis as already massive needs continue to grow, three months after deadly violence erupted between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces.
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Press Conferences | OCHA , UNFPA , UNHCR , WHO , IOM , WFP , FAO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of OCHA, FAO, UNFPA, WHO, WFP, IOM and UNHCR.
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Edited News | UNIFIL
UN Security Council meets amid rising Israel-Hezbollah tensions in Lebanon.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
At the biweekly press briefing in Geneva, UN Human Rights spokesperson made the following remarks deplored the death in State custody of Brooklyn Rivera in Nicaragua.
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Edited News | WHO
Lebanon: Tyre hospital strikes leave patients without critical care – WHO The UN health agency in Lebanon is verifying reports of strikes on a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday, amid a concerning rise in attacks on healthcare in the country.
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Press Conferences | UNICEF , UNCTAD , UNFPA , WHO , WFP , IOM , OHCHR , UNHCR
UNICEF: Impact of the US-Israel-Iran escalation on supply operations; UNCTAD: Strait of Hormuz Economic impacts of disruptions; UNFPA: Urgent need for protection of maternal health for women and girls in Sudan and Lebanon; WHO: Restoration of vital health-care services in Lebanon urgently needs...
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Press Conferences , Edited News | WMO
El Niño confirmed, extreme weather events will be more intense, says WMO The UN urged all countries on Tuesday to bolster early warning systems after confirming the onset of El Niño, warning that the Pacific Ocean-warming phenomenon will bring above-average temperatures “nearly everywhere” and...
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Edited News | WHO
‘A disease you get when you care for someone’: on the frontlines of the Ebola crisis with WHO Two weeks into the latest Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) is estimating that there are 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including 223 suspected...