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Somalia’s first wild poliovirus (WPV) case since 2007 has triggered a surveillance alert and mass vaccination plans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Somalia’s first wild poliovirus (WPV) case since 2007 has triggered a surveillance alert and mass vaccination plans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefs journalists on the Somalia Conference in London, as well as his trips to South-East Asia, Thailandand Singapore. UNTV
At World Water Week inStockholm next week, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will promote ways to produce more food despite increasing water scarcity. IFAD
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (21 August) issued a statement saying he was "deeply saddened" by the death of Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. UNTV FILE
The UNICEF-supported Saris health clinic in Ethiopia is at the forefront of the fight to prevent mothers from passing the HIV virus to their babies. UNICEF
The number of refugees having fled Somalia due to the conflict and drought, has now passed one million but, according the spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency, the exodus is slowing. CH UNTV
UN agencies warned today that children in the Sahel region are at acute risk from an upsurge in cholera. More than 29,000 cases have been reported so far this year. CH UNTV
Ethiopia’s “small” rains – the ones that help farmers cope during the lean season – have failed this year, leaving many Ethiopian families in a precarious situation. (UNICEF)
Ethiopia expects to bring the number of under five child deaths from avoidable causes down to under 20 per 1,000 by 2035 or even sooner. This is due to the health extension program which was launched in Ethiopia in 2004. Over 34,000 government salaried female health extension workers are deployed, working in pairs out of [...]
Through community-based nutrition services for children, UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) are supporting the Ethiopian government’s goal of bringing malnutrition rates down to zero. UNICEF