"PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS"

The United Nations Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator, David Gressly, said the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is at “a more promising place than we certainly were a few months ago, when we saw a number of attacks against Ebola responders, particularly in the city of Butembo.” UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Summer camp is a yearly ritual in many parts of the world, but in the Republic of Georgia- a new camp has been started to help the youth who lost their homes find way to rebuild their confidence and regain their optimism. UNHCR

Michael Littlejohns interviews Dr. Derek Yach, Executive Director of Non-Communicable Diseases at the World Health Organization (WHO), for World Chronicle program 822.

The psychological trauma suffered by Chechen children as victims of war is deep and will probably lead to irreversible consequences. UNICEF and non-governmental organizations are helping to treat the children, many of whom are living in camps for displaced Chechens in Ingushetia. Psychologists and other experts are working hard with the children to help them come to terms with what they've witnessed and suffered.

From outright assault to psychological bullying, violence in workplace is happening everywhere says a recent report from the International Labour Organization

A report written by Mrs. Graca Machel, former Mozambican Minister of Education, detailed the fate of children caught up in thirty wars raging worldwide. The study attacked global neglect which allowed millions of children to die or be maimed. UN Television looks at a child psychologically damaged by the continuing conflict in Liberia.

April 26 marks the fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. In addition to radiation risk to millions in the surrounding area, a World Health Organization

In Central America poverty and malnutrition affect mothers and their babies. With assistance from the UNICEF, mothers in Guatemala learn to keep their premature babies under their sweaters round the clock. This creates an environment like a kangaroo pouch for the babies. This closeness helps to establish an emotional bonding between mother and child thereby stimulating development.