Goal 3: Good Health Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/health/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 chief condemns ‘indifference’ as Ebola cases mount in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168217 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168217 The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires “urgent” action and funding to rein in its alarming spread, the Secretary-General told reporters at Headquarters on Thursday. Read Full Story on News

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]]> More health workers, stronger systems: Africa’s new ambitious goal https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168207 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168207 Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new decade-long plan announced on Wednesday during a meeting of health ministers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read Full Story on News

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]]> 100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168195 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168195 A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented scale and efforts must grow to contain the spread in the eastern region and across borders, agencies warned on Monday. Read Full Story on News

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]]> DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, responders warn https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168182 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168182 As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Mpox: Children account for half of suspected cases in Guinea-Bissau https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168176 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168176 Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with 16 of them under the age of four. Read Full Story on News

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]]> DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168174 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168174 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the ’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Ebola: Motorbike riders carrying the sick may hold key to response boost https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168157 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168157 From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on Tuesday of a massive push for community engagement, a day after yet another ambulance attack. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168154 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168154 The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the ’s World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Demobilised former combatants are actively joining the fight against Ebola by participating in public information campaigns in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on News

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]]> An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on News

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]]> Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, ODC warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Authorities in Iran intercepted 3,663 kilogrammes of methamphetamines headed for Europe and the Persian Gulf in the first quarter of 2026, according to the ’s drugs and crime fighting agency (ODC). Read Full Story on News

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]]> ‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168148 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168148 The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest – is killing one person every 30 minutes. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are tracking a growing share of people exposed to Ebola, but the epidemic in the country's restive east continues to outpace their ability to find and isolate the sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on News

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]]> WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168124 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168124 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the safety of childhood vaccines in response to a new directive from the White House to overhaul the recommended inoculation schedule. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, children’s agency ICEF has said. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days. Read Full Story on News

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]]> DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168105 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168105 More than 1,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak – and most of them never made it to a treatment centre. Between 60 and 70 per cent of deaths are happening in communities far from care, a gap that is now central to the World Health Organization's response.  Read [...]

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]]> Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168100 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168100 More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of the only vaccine against the disease to halt further spread of the rare Bundibugyo species. Read Full Story on News

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]]> Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168092 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168092 Agencies are on high alert amid reports that the rapidly spreading Ebola Bundibugyo virus species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has infected 19 internally displaced people, killed five of them, according to the ’s refugee agency (HCR). Read Full Story on News

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]]> New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168072 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168072 Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read Full Story on [...]

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