World Health Organization

Human tests of two possible Ebola vaccines have proven safe and efficacy tests will begin within weeks in the three west African countries ravaged by the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said Jan. 9.
      

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A health worker who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in Britain arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment after contracting the disease in West Africa.
   
The woman arrived at the capital's Royal Free hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance accompanied by several police vehicles, a Reuters witness said.

One of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions is losing weight. While some would like to shed off the few extra pounds gained during the holiday season, obesity is an increasing issue throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2.1 billion people, nearly a third of the global population, are obese.

Head of health insurance fund resigns

BELGRADE -- The director of the Republic Fund for Health Insurance (RFZO) on Thursday submitted his irrevocable resignation.

The Fund confirmed that Doctor Momcilo Babic had resigned, but did not provide any more details or reasons for his decision.

Global homicide rates have plunged 16 percent since the beginning of the century, but nearly half a million people were still murdered worldwide in 2012, a UN report said Dec. 10.
      

A new test designed to rapidly diagnose Ebola virus infection is to be tried out at a treatment centre for the disease in Guinea,  international health charity The Wellcome Trust said on Nov. 27.
   

Current efforts to prevent domestic violence are insufficient as a third of women worldwide are physically abused, according to a series of studies by the World Health Organization published on Nov. 21.

Between 100 to 140 million women are victims of genital mutilation and around 70 million girls are married before 18, often against their will.        

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on African states on Nov. 21 to “beware of dangerous organizations operating in their country,” in clear reference to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen’s movement, which operates many schools across the world, while also announcing an additional $5 million to help Africa’s fight against the Ebola epidemic.

The Foreign Ministry has warned Turkish citizens who are currently in Algeria and who plan to travel there to closely obey security practices and to notify officials of their travels inside the country.