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World Health Organisation 'spends more on travel than tackling Aids, tuberculosis and malaria'

The World Health Organisation routinely spends about $200m per year on travel expenses, figures show - more than what it doles out to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

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Zika concerns, but WHO says Rio Olympic Games must go on

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Focus now on ending Ebola, not containing it

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WHO: Ebola targets being reached

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WHO fails in battle against deadly ebola

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Liberia’s ebola cases are falling, says WHO

WHO must take some blame for ebola crisis

The WHO chief wasn’t told of the scale of the crisis until three months after it was detected and bureaucratic messes delayed deployment of vital aid, write Jason Gale and John Lauerman

Mon, 20 Oct, 2014

US appoints ebola tsar as criticism mounts

President Barack Obama appointed an ebola tsar for the US, and the government said a Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from an ebola patient was isolated on a cruise ship.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2014

Ebola death rate has reached 70%, says WHO

A World Health Organisation official said the death rate in the ebola outbreak has increased to 70%.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2014

US nurse infected with Ebola gets plasma transfusion from doctor who beat virus

A US nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat the virus.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2014

Ebola death rate increases to 70%

The death rate in the current Ebola outbreak has increased to 70%, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official has said.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2014

UN: Number of ebola cases to double every 3 weeks

The number of ebola cases in West Africa could start doubling every three weeks and could end up costing €770m to contain the crisis, the World Health Organisation warned yesterday.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2014

Successful ZMapp tests give hope of breakthrough against Ebola

The fight against Ebola has taken a promising leap forward after drug tests on monkeys with the deadly disease proved 100% successful.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2014

Polio returns as Nigerians shun vaccine

POLIO left Dauda Abdullahi with twisted limbs, unable to walk. But he refuses to allow his children to be immunised against the disease that crippled him in Nigeria three decades ago.

Fri, 13 Feb, 2004