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Ebola: UN health agency advises male survivors to abstain from sex for 3 months [1]

28 Nov 2014

Ebola: UN health agency advises male survivors to abstain from sex for 3 months

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that it is possible for the Ebola virus to be present in semen for 3 months after recovery, as the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it plans to have 2,700 teams operating throughout villages in the remote forest areas of Guinea to educate villagers and monitor the epidemic at the community level.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp [2]
Source URL: https://ebolaresponse.un.org/ebola-un-health-agency-advises-male-survivors-abstain-sex-3-months

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[1] https://ebolaresponse.un.org/ebola-un-health-agency-advises-male-survivors-abstain-sex-3-months
[2] http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49468
[3] https://ebolaresponse.un.org/world-side-those-who-are-involved-fight-against-ebola-un-envoy