Tag: WHO
Gov’s wife advises women on cervical cancer
The wife of governor of Niger, Dr. Amina Bello, has suggested that 70 per cent of women between 35 years and 45 years old...
Nigeria to distribute 4m test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission
Nigeria has introduced the use of test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission as the country plans to distribute four million test kits in...
More Nigerians know about COVID-19 than TB — WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says more Nigerians know about COVID-19 than Tuberculosis (TB) in spite of the fact that TB has been in...
COVID-19: WHO says shortage of 1bn syringes may occur by 2023
World Health Organization (WHO) says shortage of at least one billion syringes “could occur”, if manufacturing does not pick up based on global demand...
WHO warns of looming COVID-19 syringe shortage
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that another challenge was looming in the effort to vaccinate the planet, which is a shortage of syringes.
According...
Guterres urges global leaders to back UN strategy for vaccine equity...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged global leaders to back the UN strategy to make vaccine equity a reality by accelerating efforts and ensuring...
Send unused vaccines to poorer nations – Gordon Brown urges leaders
Former Britain prime minister, Gordon Brown, called on Western leaders preparing to gather at Cop26 in Glasgow to “make decision” to provide the world’s...
WHO condemns sexual allegations in DR Congo amid Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) says sexual abuse and exploitation, allegedly carried out by WHO staff in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is “a...
New global meningitis strategy to save 200,000 lives annually – WHO
No fewer than 200,000 lives could be saved annually if the goals of a new global strategy to defeat meningitis are achieved, the World...
WHO academy expands access to life-long learning in health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has conducted groundbreaking ceremony for the organization's academy in order to expand access to critical learning health guidance and...
WHO investigators seeking COVID-19 origin going back to China
The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new investigation into the origins of COVID-19, months after an earlier probe ended without drawing firm...
WHO recommends 1st preventive therapy for patients at high risk of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time recommended a combination of drugs to prevent severe COVID-19 disease in infected high-risk patients.
The...
Africa needs seven-fold rise in COVID-19 vaccine shipments — WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO), says COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by seven times from about 20 million per month to 150...
Britain announce vaccine swap plan to aid South Korean jab programme
The Government has announced plans for a “vaccine swap’’ with South Korea.
The UK would ship more than a million doses of its stockpile of...
Ogun set to train 6,500 traditional healers, herbalists to meet WHO...
The Ogun state government says it has concluded arrangements to train no fewer than 6,500 traditional healers and herbalists across the state, in a...
Traditional Medicine: Compare Nigeria with Indian, China, says Prof. Iwu
Prof. Maurice Iwu, Nigerian Professor of Pharmacognosy, has said that Nigeria should not be compared with other African countries, on Traditional Medicine, rather Nigeria...
WHO screens NAFDAC for COVID-19 vaccine production
The need to ensure the eradication of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to...
