External Affairs

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly

Fourth Person Dies Due to Ebola in Congo, Says WHO

Reuters 22/05/2017

The overall number of cases of the haemorrhagic fever...

A herd of ostriches runs on a street after breaking out of their enclosure outside Oudtshoorn

When Ostriches Called India Their Home

Ranjini Raghunath 21/05/2017

Scientists are linking the emergence and extinction of the...

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How Climate-Induced Migration is Displacing Millions Across the World

Tharanga Yakupitiyage 19/05/2017

The changing environment is invariably linked to human rights...

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As WHO Director-General Election Nears, Ethiopia’s Candidate Is Accused of Cholera Cover-Ups

Endalk 18/05/2017

"Finally! The @NYTimes calls out @WHO DG candidate @DrTedros...

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Trump Administration Pushes Anti-Abortion Policy

Yeganeh Torbati 16/05/2017

The Trump administration plans to expand the scope of...

A member of the International Committee of the Red Cross demonstrates on a medical training manikin during a conflict medicine conference at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Beirut

Ceaseless Middle East Conflicts Force Change in Medical Approach

Angus McDowall and Ayat Basma 16/05/2017

Protracted wars have caused a region-wide health crisis that...

The Changing Life of the Wakhi People in Pakistan’s Shimshal

Rocio Otero 16/05/2017

Perched on the mountains of Karakoram, this indigenous community...