Deaf and hearing impaired people in Burkina Faso are using a special technique to dance. The Vibra-Signe technique helps them feel the rhythm and has opened up new social possibilities for the often marginalised group.
READ MORESince 15 May, at least 2,071 children aged under 18 have contracted Ebola, with 961 of these children dying from the disease, Save the Children said.
Nearly 20,000 newborns are affected every year with the inherited blood disorder which causes severe pain in patients.
All but two of the deaths took place in the Congo, which as of Monday had recorded 2,473 cases in the latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic virus.
It says the response is 'not enough' and the outbreak will follow a dangerous trajectory if more is not done to stop the spread.
The two-seater ambulance can reach a top speed of 120 kilometres per hour and is designed for inaccessible off-road terrain.
The warning to strengthen mosquito surveillance comes as locally transmitted cases are reported in Greece, Italy, Spain, Romania, and North Macedonia.
Hostility from local communities at the heart of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is leading to regular attacks on WHO ambulances, one of the lead doctors involved in the epidemic response says at a briefing.
Having returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world health organisaiton chief is sounding the alarm on the ebola outbreak.
The World Health Organization says it on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which killed over 11,000 people a decade ago.
Millions of spectators across Europe witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12, as the Moon passed directly
Vietnamese police have seized nearly 1.2 tonnes of ivory at Quy Nhon port, in Gia Lai province.
Worries over the death of elephants are mounting in southern Kenya, where at least 19 animals have died since June from an unexplained condition. With symptoms including partial paralysis, conservationists and communities are demanding urgent investigations into what is killing the elephants.
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