Tag: WHO
Soludo, WHO decry low immunisation uptake in Anambra
Wife of Anambra Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, on Saturday decried the low uptake of immunisation in the state, urging mothers to prioritise the health...
Swiss Pharma’s WHO prequalification, great feat for indigenous manufacturers — NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
says World Health Organisation (WHO) has added Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine antimalarial drugs by Swiss Pharma
Nigeria Ltd...
Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines –...
European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate Mpox, while standing in solidarity with Africa, a top official of the UN World...
COVID-19: 775m confirmed cases since inception – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that, as of 21 July 2024, more than 775 million confirmed cases and more than seven million deaths...
WHO convenes on monkeypox spread
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an emergency meeting on mpox, following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Mpox...
WHO releases $1m to support scale-up of Mpox response
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the sum of one million dollars from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to support scale-up of Mpox response.
Dr...
UAE, WHO seek evacuation of 148 Palestinians to Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called for urgent evacuation of 85 sick and severely injured Palestinians to...
19m adolescent girls face intimate partner violence before they are 20,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says close to 19 million adolescent girls will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the time...
WHO: Child vaccination rates below pre-pandemic levels
The Global child vaccination rates remained below pre-pandemic levels last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported...
WHO introduces platform to boost access to medical technologies, devices
World Health Organisation (WHO) has introduced an online platform called MeDevIS (Medical Devices Information System), the first global open access clearing house for information...
WHO says 2.6m die annually due to alcohol, drug use
The World Health Organisation (WHO) report says that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7 per cent of...
Worldwide alcohol consumption declining slowly — WHO
People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to but the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that the reduction is...
Tomori kicks as Nigeria shows disinterest in WHO Africa’s regional directorship
A Nigerian Scientist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has expressed disappointment over Nigeria’s continuous exclusion from the role of Regional Director for the World Health Organisation...
WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria threatening human health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical,...
No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans –...
The UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO) says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow...
WHO expresses concern over monkey pox outbreak in DRC
25,318 suspected cases of monkey pox, including 1,204 deaths, have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the declaration of...
WHO warns of ‘bloodbath’ as Rafah offensive looms
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of dire consequences if Israel goes ahead with an impending military operation in Rafah.
The planned push into...
