"WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO"

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

For the first time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), new therapeutic drugs are part of the Ebola response. Five investigational therapeutics have been approved for use, and four have been used so far. As of 1 October, 47 patients have been provided with the therapeutics. Patients are now receiving them within hours of Ebola confirmation. WHO

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Four days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, United Nations agencies and partners have warned that some communities have yet to be reached and the death toll may rise, as the scale of the destruction unfolds. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

The Republic of Congo, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners started a vaccination campaign to control the spread of yellow fever in the port city of Pointe Noire and surrounding areas. More than one million people from nine months of age were vaccinated in a six-day campaign, which started on September 25th. WHO

Increasing violence in Ebola-affected areas of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens the safety of tens of thousands of people there, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today. UNTV CH

Briefing by Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases at the General Assembly Media Stakeout.

Second plenary segment of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, on the theme: Scaling up multi-stakeholder and multisectoral responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.