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  Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead

  World | September 25, 2014 8:26 IST

  CONAKRY, Guinea: A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa's

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  Ebola claims 2,811 lives: WHO

  World | September 23, 2014 12:00 IST

  Geneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The UN health agency on Monday said that the tally of cases in five West African countries

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  WHO: 21,000 Ebola cases by November if no changes

  World | September 23, 2014 9:40 IST

  LONDON: New estimates from the World Health Organization warn the number of Ebola cases could hit 21,000 in six weeks unless efforts to curb the outbreak are ramped up.Since the first cases were reported six

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  UN mission team to combat Ebola arrives in Africa

  World | September 23, 2014 6:26 IST

  United Nations: An advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has arrived in Ghana's capital Accra to set up the operation's headquarters, a UN spokesman said on Monday.Another advance team

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  Australia promises USD 6.4 million to fight Ebola

  World | September 17, 2014 11:09 IST

  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

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  Ebola toll hits 2,288 in West Africa: WHO

  World | September 10, 2014 11:58 IST

  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)

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  Ebola positive doctor to be evacuated from Sierra Leone

  World | September 09, 2014 11:36 IST

  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

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  Ebola outbreak racing out of control, says UN officials

  World | September 04, 2014 8:17 IST

  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

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  Human trials of Ebola vaccine to start next week

  World | August 29, 2014 7:33 IST

  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

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  Ebola death toll in West Africa passes 1,000

  World | August 12, 2014 14:55 IST

  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

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  Ebola alert sounded in Bangladesh

  World | August 11, 2014 14:48 IST

  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

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  UN agencies call for actions against polio in Syria

  World | July 23, 2014 8:03 IST

  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

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  WHO targets elimination of TB in over 30 countries

  World | July 03, 2014 17:12 IST

  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

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  Alcohol consumption on rise

  India | May 12, 2014 22:38 IST

  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

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  India Taken Off Polio Endemic List By WHO

  India | February 25, 2012 17:15 IST

  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