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Ebola set to persist in 2015, but funds for aid are lacking - WHO | Reuters
Fp Archives •GENEVA The Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone is expected to take all of 2015 to stamp out and may persist even longer because of dwindling financing, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. Guinea and Sierra Leone reported a total of 12 cases in the week to Sunday May 24th, down from 36 the previous week
Five crucial facts about the largest Ebola outbreak yet
Fp Archives •The West African Ebola outbreak is now the largest in history. The current outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone has sickened more than 1,300 people and killed more than 700 this year.
Air pollution scourge underestimated, green energy can help - UN
Fp Staff •OSLO (Reuters) - Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than AIDS and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy could easily halve the toll by 2030, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.