WHO helps contain new outbreak of Ebola-like virus on Kenya-Uganda border The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was working with Ugandan authorities and other agencies to contain an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD); an illness that produces symptoms similar to the deadly Ebola virus. A 50-year-old women who was taken to [...]

International support "a silver lining" in the wake of Somalia bombing Somalis have taken to the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, to protest against violent extremism in the aftermath of a double car bombing which killed more than 300 people this past weekend.  The United Nations and its partners have been assisting the government in [...]

Reproductive health and economic inequalities inextricably linked: UNFPA Economics is just the tip of "the inequality iceberg."  That's one of the conclusions being stressed by Richard Kollodge, Senior Editorial Adviser at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), following the release of the agency's 2017 report on the state of the world's population.  The report details [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Matt Wells and Dianne Penn. In today’s programme:  Myanmar children facing "hell on earth" in Bangladesh camps, says UNICEF; and: Pop star Ellie Goulding tells us why climate change isn't all "gloom and doom.

Peacekeepers wounded in Central African Republic  Two UN peacekeepers were wounded following clashes with so-called anti-Balaka fighters who attacked a town in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Thursday. The mainly-Christian armed group has been battling mostly-Muslim rebel fighters across the country since civil conflict began in 2013. The peacekeepers from the UN Mission, MINUSCA, [...]

Significant progress has been made on the HIV and AIDS fronts, but they are illnesses that cannot be forgotten. That's the view of UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, who said that for the first time, there are more people in Tanzania receiving treatment for HIV and AIDS than those still waiting for help. UNAIDS estimates [...]

Leaders commit to reduce deaths caused by noncommunicable diseases Governments have pledged to reduce suffering and deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The commitment was made at the start of a three-day global conference which opened on Wednesday in Montevideo, Uruguay. NCDs [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn. In today's programme:  An update on international support to Somalia in the wake of this past weekend’s deadly bombing; and: Progress on fighting HIV and AIDS in Tanzania.

Drop in UN civilian casualty numbers Casualties among UN civilian staff have fallen to their lowest levels in five years. That information can be found in a report by the UN Secretary-General which analyses global security and security incidents involving personnel and premises in 2016 and the first half of this year. It was presented [...]

International support "a silver lining" in the wake of Somalia bombing Somalis have taken to the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, to protest against violent extremism in the aftermath of a double car bombing which killed more than 300 people this past weekend. The United Nations and its partners have been assisting the authorities in [...]