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Beds scarce, staff scarcer, in Liberia's overrun Ebola wards What the families idling at the gate of this Ebola centre in Monrovia lack is news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside.

29 September 2014

Kazakhstan and Turkey show highest suicide rates among 15-19 y.o. youth Kazakhstan and Turkey have the highest suicide level among 15 to 19 year olds in the world.

28 September 2014

IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid to fight the Ebola epidemic.

27 September 2014

UNICEF research denies connection between of Unified National Testing and suicide rates among Kazakhstani teens The UNICEF research of suicide among teens in Kazakhstan refutes negative effect of the Unified National Testing.

26 September 2014

Kazakhstani village youth more prone to suicide than city teens The Prosecutor General’s Office reported higher level of suicides among village teens in comparison to their city peers.

26 September 2014

Idris Elba joins fight against Ebola Actor Idris Elba joined the United Nations campaign to ramp up the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

26 September 2014

Alarming tendencies and suicidal behaviour among Kazakhstani teens: UNICEF Youth Health Development A committee on social and cultural development discussed results of their suicide survey among teenagers in Kazakhstan.

26 September 2014

Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million people Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine "with immediate effect" of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms -- affecting more than one million people.

25 September 2014

Boost in quest for TB breath test A simple breath test may one day show whether someone has a strain of tuberculosis that will respond to a frontline antibiotic, or a drug-resistant type.

24 September 2014

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Sierra Leone readies for controversial Ebola shutdown Sierra Leone was preparing for an unprecedented three-day nationwide shutdown to contain the deadly spread of the Ebola virus.

19 September 2014

Ebola screening for Nigeria's Mecca-bound pilgrims With some 76,000 Nigerian Muslims expected at the hajj in Saudi Arabia, organisation was always going to be a major logistical undertaking.

19 September 2014

'Lather Against Ebola', an 'Ice Bucket' challenge against the virus Ivorians are raising awareness about the deadly disease outbreak in west Africa with a new "Lather Against Ebola" campaign.

18 September 2014

Infertility in Kazakhstani men a nationwide health problem Men's health in Kazakhstan requires a more comprehensive approach with infertility on the rise.

15 September 2014

Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics The worst-ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team.

13 September 2014

'No progression' of cancer for British boy Ashya: Czech centre Scans show "no progression" of cancer for five-year-old British brain tumour patient Ashya King, a Prague medical centre said.

11 September 2014

Gates Foundation gives 50 million to Ebola fight The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it was pledging $50 million to help boost the fight against the Ebola outbreak.

11 September 2014

Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

09 September 2014

Liberia's Ebola disposal teams preserve life after death Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah is lifted unceremoniously by experts in biohazard suits and zipped into a body bag.

08 September 2014

British cancer boy Ashya King heads for treatment in Prague. Ashya King, the five-year-old cancer patient whose parents triggered an international hunt when they took him from Britain to seek alternative care.

08 September 2014