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Indian Women Peacekeepers Inspire Liberian Girls
Indian women peacekeepers serving in the UN mission in Liberia have been a source of inspiration for the country's girls, the contingent's commander has said while terming women as "agents of change".
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India Asks UN To Allocate More Funds For Responding To Emergencies
India has underlined the need for the UN to allocate more resources for responding to emergencies like Ebola and other humanitarian and natural disasters as the world body adopted a budget of nearly Rs 35,600 crore (USD 5.4 billion) to carry out its vital work during the 2016-2017.
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Sierra Leone Lifts Last Major Ebola Quarantine as Cases Recede
Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expressed confidence that the country would soon be free of the virus.
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70,000 Liberian Births Unrecorded in Ebola Crisis: UNICEF
More than 70,000 Liberian babies were born without being registered as the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaged the impoverished west African nation, leaving them without healthcare and vulnerable to trafficking, UNICEF said today.
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Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery
International donors pledged $3.4 billion in new funds Friday to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in their final push to stamp out Ebola and get on the road to recovery.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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Ebola-Hit Countries Seek Billions for Recovery at UN
The presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone come to the United Nations today hoping to raise $3.2 billion to put their countries firmly on course for recovery from Ebola.
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Experts Call for Immediate WHO Reform After Ebola Exposes Failings
Experts called today for urgent, root-and-branch changes to the World Health Organization after an inadequate response to West Africa's vast and deadly Ebola outbreak.
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Ebola-Stricken Nations Need $700 Million to Rebuild Healthcare
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic, senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Monday.
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Lattes and Mars Bars on Sale at North Korea's Gleaming New Airport Terminal
Designer shirts, duty free watches and cosmetics, and chocolate fondue will soon await visitors to North Korea, according to photos of Pyongyang's new airport terminal released by state media today.
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Guinea Unrest Hampering Ebola Response: United Nations
The head of the UN mission on Ebola in Guinea on Monday said violence in the west of the country "jeopardised" the fight against the deadly virus.
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Nearly 30 Nations Have Dangerously Weak Health Systems: WHO
About 30 countries have health systems that are as dangerously weak as the ones that allowed Ebola to ravage Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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WHO Chief Announces Shake-Up of Organisation After Ebola Shock
The World Health Organization will dramatically reform its emergency response operations this year, its chief said today, after the UN agency faced blistering criticism for its slow Ebola response.
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free
The UN health agency on Saturday declared Liberia Ebola-free, hailing the "monumental" achievement in the west African country where the virus has killed more than 4,700 people.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
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Indian Women Peacekeepers Inspire Liberian Girls
Indian women peacekeepers serving in the UN mission in Liberia have been a source of inspiration for the country's girls, the contingent's commander has said while terming women as "agents of change".
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India Asks UN To Allocate More Funds For Responding To Emergencies
India has underlined the need for the UN to allocate more resources for responding to emergencies like Ebola and other humanitarian and natural disasters as the world body adopted a budget of nearly Rs 35,600 crore (USD 5.4 billion) to carry out its vital work during the 2016-2017.
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Sierra Leone Lifts Last Major Ebola Quarantine as Cases Recede
Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expressed confidence that the country would soon be free of the virus.
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70,000 Liberian Births Unrecorded in Ebola Crisis: UNICEF
More than 70,000 Liberian babies were born without being registered as the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaged the impoverished west African nation, leaving them without healthcare and vulnerable to trafficking, UNICEF said today.
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Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery
International donors pledged $3.4 billion in new funds Friday to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in their final push to stamp out Ebola and get on the road to recovery.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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Ebola-Hit Countries Seek Billions for Recovery at UN
The presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone come to the United Nations today hoping to raise $3.2 billion to put their countries firmly on course for recovery from Ebola.
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Experts Call for Immediate WHO Reform After Ebola Exposes Failings
Experts called today for urgent, root-and-branch changes to the World Health Organization after an inadequate response to West Africa's vast and deadly Ebola outbreak.
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Ebola-Stricken Nations Need $700 Million to Rebuild Healthcare
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic, senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Monday.
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Lattes and Mars Bars on Sale at North Korea's Gleaming New Airport Terminal
Designer shirts, duty free watches and cosmetics, and chocolate fondue will soon await visitors to North Korea, according to photos of Pyongyang's new airport terminal released by state media today.
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Guinea Unrest Hampering Ebola Response: United Nations
The head of the UN mission on Ebola in Guinea on Monday said violence in the west of the country "jeopardised" the fight against the deadly virus.
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Nearly 30 Nations Have Dangerously Weak Health Systems: WHO
About 30 countries have health systems that are as dangerously weak as the ones that allowed Ebola to ravage Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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WHO Chief Announces Shake-Up of Organisation After Ebola Shock
The World Health Organization will dramatically reform its emergency response operations this year, its chief said today, after the UN agency faced blistering criticism for its slow Ebola response.
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free
The UN health agency on Saturday declared Liberia Ebola-free, hailing the "monumental" achievement in the west African country where the virus has killed more than 4,700 people.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
