Guinea has gone 42 days without a single confirmed case of Ebola
WHO issues call based on new evidence virus is staying in blood, other bodily fluids longer than previously thought
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party says it is separating its religious and political activities in a broader bid to mark its so-called Muslim Democratic identity. The move appears to open a new chapter for a party that bounced back from the political wilderness of Tunisia’s pre-revolution days to become a key player in the North African country, and a member of the current coalition government. From Tunis, Lisa Bryant takes a look at how Tunisians are viewing its latest step.
World Health Organization urges countries to make smoking less attractive by wrapping tobacco products in plain packages
North Africa-Italy sea route more dangerous than Turkey-Greece route, more than 2,500 refugees and migrants have died
In exclusive VOA interview, WHO official says Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea now able to respond more quickly to emergencies because of upgrades to their surveillance, laboratory, health care systems
A report by the International Organization for Migration finds more than 60,000 migrants have transited through the Agadez region of Niger between February and April
UN refugee agency urges Greek government to move migrants, refugees from squalid makeshift sites on Greek border with Macedonia to better sites
Thousands of civilians in besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah have been caught between IS brutality and Iraqi government bombardment
Reforms of the emergency health system have been under way for years, but it was West Africa's unprecedented Ebola epidemic that triggered a serious overhaul
Targeted attacks against health care workers and facilities could amount to war crimes
United Nations expects number to exceed four million as full impact of El Nino weather phenomenon kicks in
Failure to act on greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental dangers threatens to cost up to $4B a year in damage to health, she says
Tedros Adhanom says African director-general of World Health Organization could present fresh perspective on global health issues
Development of simpler, cheaper drugs to prevent tuberculosis seen as potential game changer
WHO says countries cannot work in isolation to tackle global health threats; she says few threats are local anymore, that superbugs travel internationally in people, animals and food
Global warming, the driving force behind record heat, may be happening at a faster pace than previously predicted
The World Health Organization reports this strain of the Zika virus, known as the Asian type, has been circulating in Cape Verde since October
UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says no talks until the warring parties agree to cessation of hostilities
Life expectancy worldwide rose by five years between 2000 and 2015, fastest increase since the 1960s, but major inequalities remain, new report finds
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