Health activist Itayi Rusike said thousands of Zimbabweans are dying at home because they have lost faith in the collapsed health system
nternational aid agencies warn the onset of the rainy season could bring more cholera deaths if the epidemic is not rapidly contained.
Special Investigator on Right to Food says trade does not work for benefit of poor, but favors wealthier countries
More than 400,000 people die of HIV-related causes each year in South Africa; disease largely to blame for drop in life expectancy
Emergency supplies distributed this week to 5,000 displaced people
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says Sudan in urgent need of international assistance to help shelter
UN official says fighting between rebel and government forces earlier this month has completely devastated Birao, the main town in nort
United Nations confirms crash, saying plane was spotted on mountain about 15 kilometers northwest of Bukavu, near DRC's border with Rw
Preliminary appeal will deal with emergency needs, to be followed by much larger appeal, once full extent of disaster is known
Aims to focus public attention on disease which every year kills more than one million people, most of them young children in sub-Sahar
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies appealing for $19 million to help nearly one million people largely ov
Taipei warns international community could be at heightened risk from diseases, such as avian influenza, because it is prevented from a
International Organization for Migration starting new outreach, information campaign to try to deter migrants from making dangerous jo
UNICEF said the cholera fatality rate in Zimbabwe has been 5%, compared with the 1% rate considered normal by international standards
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says new talks aimed at bringing an end to four-year-old conflict in Darfur will start October 27
International Organization for Migration says more provinces within Iraq, neighboring countries, closing their doors to those fleeing v
Refugee agency wants to take advantage of better atmosphere in DRC to bring home as many refugees as possible
Former UN secretary-general says pressure must be put on Sudanese government to accept non-African troops as part of UN-African Union p
Report by UN Economic Commission for Europe says economies of former communist countries of eastern Europe, former Soviet Union doing p
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