Health

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Empowering people living with HIV ‘will end the epidemic’, says AIDS agency chief

26 November 2019
Global

When people living with HIV actively participate in their own care, new infections decline and more affected people access treatment, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by UNAIDS, the United Nations agency leading the fight against the disease.

IAEA

UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue

14 November 2019

With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN has taken the lead on a global effort to eradicate the disease – and many others – by measuring the impact of releasing millions of sterilized pests across several continents, it announced on Thursday.

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Ebola emergency chief decries new attacks on frontline staff, after DR Congo worker death

4 November 2019

Security measures for staff helping to fight health emergencies need to be stepped up urgently, a UN health agency top official said on Monday, after a frontline Ebola epidemic community worker was reportedly stabbed to death at his home in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).