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Daily Archives: December 29, 2015

2912, 2015

Recent unusual weather worldwide calls for urgent preventive action, UN official warns

December 29th, 2015|Climate change, Disaster risk reduction, News|

Extreme tornadoes in the United States over Christmas, abnormal snowfalls in Mexico, and heavy flooding in South America show that governments must take more preventive action to reduce losses from weather-related disasters, a senior UN official warned.

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2912, 2015

UN declares end to Ebola virus transmission in Guinea

December 29th, 2015|Health, News|

The WHO declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in Guinea, where the epidemic began two years ago before spreading to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone and, ultimately by land and air travel to seven other countries, killing over 11,300 people.

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