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Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says

Kenya¡¯s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide full support, the World Health Organization¡¯s (WHO) top official in the country has told Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News in her first interview on the case. 
Critical funding gap threatens health response in Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and rising needs.
Reform, or lose trust: Governments press the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to reflect the world as it is

Can the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ still remain relevant if it still looks and acts like the organization it was when it was formed in 1945? The debate over Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ reform at the General Assembly in New York last month produced a striking common refrain from a diverse range of Member States.
WHO releases first global guidelines on child obesity as cases surge

Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19 age group, according to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ World Health Organization (WHO).  
¡®Rocket revolution¡¯ opens access to space

For a long time, launching something beyond Earth was reserved for a relatively small number of national space programmes. That is changing.
Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians

Sixty-nine Palestinians ¨C more than half of them children ¨C were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential building in the At Tur area of East Jerusalem, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ aid coordination office (OCHA) has reported.