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- Today10 min
DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Vaccine trial brings new hope
Nearly six months after it was declared, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to eight provinces in the east and northeast, infecting more than 10,500 people and killing about half of them. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with DRC authorities and other UN agencies on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and community awareness. This week, two new vaccine candidates were approved for a clinical trial among contacts of patients with Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo species. Dr. Meg Doherty, who heads WHO’s Science for Health Department, told UN News’s Daniel Johnson what the trial could mean for bringing the outbreak under control.
- Today9 min
Podcast - Football's efforts towards inclusivity
Football is the world's most popular sport, and its reach is not in doubt. The question is what the game does with it. At the SDG Media Zone during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, three voices from football took on that question. Former England international Eni Aluko is a Champion of Football for the Goals, a UN initiative that unites around 480 football organizations in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. She was joined by former Brazil international and Liverpool FC legend Lucas Leiva, and by Rishi Jain, Impact Director at Liverpool Football Club. Moderator Shaka Hislop, Senior Soccer Analyst at ESPN, began by asking Ms. Aluko what it looks like for women to have not just a place in football, but a seat at the decision-making table. Watch the full SDG Media Zone session here. Music credit: Ketsa – Soul Science
- Yesterday10 min
PODCAST - Learning as a ‘child of war:’ Refugee children's struggle for education
Six million refugee children are unable to go to school around the world, with serious repercussions for themselves, their families and their communities. At the UN General Assembly’s SDG Media Zone, UN Goodwill Ambassador Mary Maker and UN refugee agency (UNHCR) chief Barham Salih – both of whom grew up in refugee camps – discussed the barriers refugee children face in accessing education and what organisations like the UN can do to help remove them. Drawing on personal experience and professional insights, they spoke with Arab News UN correspondent Ephrem Kossaify. Watch the full SDG Media Zone session here. Music credit: Ketsa – Soul Science
- 1 weeks ago8 min
As sea levels rise New York plans for ‘greater impacts to life and infrastructure’
New York is looking beyond disaster recovery following a deadly superstorm 14 years ago towards making sure people living in the US city are protected from future extreme weather events. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy, which was downgraded to a superstorm once it hit New York, led to the deaths of 44 people and caused damage totaling $20 billion. Since then, authorities have launched a huge infrastructure project on the eastern side of the city’s Manhattan island which will provide protection from future storms and widely projected rises in sea levels. Daniel Dickinson met Eric Ilijevich, the city’s Director of Coastal Resiliency Design, by the East River, a tidal area of New York harbour, and began by asking him to describe the location of the project.
- 2 weeks ago7 min
Kenya: First group of Ebola contacts ‘graduating’ from quarantine
Kenya recorded its first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus when a local man who had been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) flew back to the country via Uganda on 3 October and died two days later. More than 100 people who came into contact with him - from family members to airport workers - were placed in quarantine for 21 days. This weekend, some will get to go home. For more on this, UN News’s Dianne Penn spoke to Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Kenya.
- 2 weeks ago9 min
Hormuz and Red Sea disruption squeezes food supplies, UN warns
Continuing disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and crucial Red Sea routes are driving up freight and fuel costs, putting further pressure on food supply chains – particularly in developing countries – UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warns. Fertilizer prices have also swung sharply ahead of planting seasons. Higher costs could cut harvests, especially where farmers can’t afford enough fertilizer. In an interview with UN News’ Nathalie Minard, UNCTAD’s agriculture and commodities chief, Rodrigo Cárcamo, warns that fertilizer price volatility, combined with an extreme El Niño weather pattern, could push yields down further and deepen hunger worldwide.
- 2 weeks ago10 min
Gaza faces another winter without adequate shelter
With winter rains already beginning in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced people face the prospect of flooding in overcrowded camps and makeshift shelters. Families are improvising with whatever materials they can find, as humanitarian agencies on the ground warn that available supplies are woefully inadequate. Speaking to UN News’ Ezzat El-Ferri from Amman, Karl Baker, regional crisis coordinator for the Gaza response with the UN migration agency (IOM), said that helping families prepare for winter is only part of the challenge ahead.
- 3 weeks ago8 min
WHO and Kenya step up control measures after second Ebola case identified
Kenya has recorded its second case of Ebola – a family member of the first person in the country to die from the disease. The good news is that the man was already under quarantine and is receiving treatment, having been identified through contact tracing. That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) representative to Kenya, Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo, who spoke to UN News’s Dianne Penn in Nairobi.
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