Addis Ababa 22 January 2019: United Nations agencies in the premises of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched today the UN Wellness Week under the theme; “Embraces your health built by you!”.
The launch was kicked off in the morning by a Zumba exercise class that saw UN staff joining in to flex their muscles before heading off to the office.
Emanuel Fernandes was born a few weeks after his mother discovered she was HIV positive.
“I was so shocked, I cried a lot—I was not expecting it,” recalls Leila Rodrigues of the routine antenatal check-up test that had detected the virus.
UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge Western and Central African countries to step up efforts in cutting new HIV infections in children and adolescents at a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal.
In the context of the on-going outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces of the DRC that declared on 1st August 2018, Uganda, South Sudan and Rwanda as priority one co
Clinical trials of four Ebola drugs start in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The randomized trials aim to test the efficacy and safety of the treatments that are being offered on a compassionate basis.
