CANBERRA: Australia announced on Wednesday it will immediately provide an additional 7 million Australian dollars ($6.4 million) to help the international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.The country had previously committed AU$1 million
Geneva: The number of people infected by the Ebola virus disease in West Africa reached 4,269 as of Tuesday, while the total number of related deaths stood at 2,288, according to World Health Organisation (WHO)
Geneva: A World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor, who has been tested positve for Ebola in Sierra Leone, will be evacuated.The WHO has declined to disclose the doctor's identity, but noted the doctor is currently in
Washington: The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is racing ahead of efforts to control it and at least $600 million is needed to get the unprecedented epidemic under control, UN health officials said on
Washinton: The US government announced on Thursday that it will start initial human trials of Ebola vaccine next week.The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement that the phase one clinical trial
Dakar (Senegal): The World Health Organization (WHO) says the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 1,000.The UN Health Agency said in a news release Monday that 1,013 people have died
Dhaka: Bangladesh has issued an alert against deadly Ebola virus, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the epidemic an international health emergency.“Medical teams would monitor the international airports in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet
Geneva: The World Health Organisation and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund on Tuesday said in a report that actions are needed to protect children against polio in Syria as polio cases resurfaced in
Rome: The World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), on Thursday presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease.There are 33 countries and
New Delhi: Consumption of liquor in India has increased during the past decade as 32 per cent men and 10.6 per cent females above 15 years of age were found to be drinking alcohol. The
New Delhi, Feb 25: India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was today taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation.This announcement was made by Health Minister
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