Cape Verde has received official certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) as a malaria-free country, making it the third nation in the WHO African region to achieve this status after Mauritius and Algeria. The certification is granted when a … Continue reading Cape Verde receives WHO certification as malaria free country, joins elite group
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the green light to a second malaria vaccine, offering countries a potentially more accessible and cost-effective option to combat the parasitic disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the approval of the new … Continue reading WHO approves second malaria vaccine for children
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced its intentions to dispatch a team of scientists to China for a fresh investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus and how it initially spread to humans, a situation that triggered a … Continue reading WHO demands ‘Full Access’ to China for COVID origins inquiry
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the World Health Organisation, Federal Ministry of Health and the investigative team working on the Kangaroo Mother Care Project for low-weight babies, for choosing the state among the five states that will … Continue reading Adeleke celebrates WHO over ‘Kangaroo Mother Care’ initiative
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a World Health Organisation (WHO) agency, has stated that aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly found in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, may have the potential to cause cancer. In a press statement … Continue reading WHO declares Aspartame sweetener as possible cancer causing Agent
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the Covid-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global health emergency. This announcement, made by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, comes three years after the organisation declared its highest level of alert … Continue reading WHO declares end to global health emergency for Covid
A report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown that between October 2022 and April 2023, 1,686 suspected meningitis cases, including 532 confirmed cases, and 124 deaths, were reported in Nigeria. The country’s Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) was seven … Continue reading High risk season for Meningitis and other diseases prompts alert from WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that COVID-19 will be present for a long time, and nations must learn to manage its ongoing non-emergency effects. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that while there has been a 95% reduction … Continue reading WHO reports 95% decline in COVID deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a report stating that nearly half of the 67 million children who missed routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021 live in Africa. India and Nigeria, which have … Continue reading India and Nigeria have the highest numbers of children who have not received a single routine vaccination – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is closely monitoring a new COVID-19 sub-variant, XBB.1.16, also known as “Arcturus,” which is currently responsible for a surge of cases in India and has been identified in at least 22 countries, including the United … Continue reading New highly contagious COVID-19 sub-variant causing concerns
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has called for collaborative efforts between communities and the health system to bring Tuberculosis (TB) under control. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, he highlighted that community empowerment … Continue reading WHO calls for community collaboration to end Tuberculosis
The Nigerian Federal Government plans to increase the excise tax on tobacco products from 30% ad-valorem to 50% to tackle tobacco smoking in the country, according to Dr Mangai Malau, the Head of the Tobacco Control Unit at the Federal … Continue reading Federal Government plans to increase tax on tobacco products to 50%
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) weekly COVID-19 epidemiological update, there have been nearly 13 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and almost 53,000 deaths worldwide between December 19, 2022 and January 15, 2023. This represents a significant increase in … Continue reading WHO records over 13 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 within less than 30 days
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