Tag: WHO
Coronavirus: Vaccine Studies Offer New Hope As WHO Warns On Africa
Two studies offered new hope of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, as the World Health Organization warned about a possible...
Coronavirus Spread: WHO Laments Africa’s Cases Surpass 663,000
The World Health Organisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are currently over 663,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in...
Vaccinations: WHO, UNICEF Warn Of Decline During COVID-19
The World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, have warned of alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving...
DR-Congo: WHO Effective Vaccine Accounts For Defeat Against Ebola
The World Health Organisation, WHO says effective vaccine accounted for the success in the fight against Ebola in Democratic Republic of the...
Wild Polio: WHO Declares Nigeria Free
The World Health Organisation, WHO has declared Nigeria free of wild polio, following the completion of documentation for the free status.
WHO Meets African Traditional Medicine Experts For Covid-19 Cure
The World Health Organisation says it met with 70 traditional medicine experts in a bid to find a cure for the...
Reps Seek Local Drugs For Virus Treatment, Management
House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to support and encourage the use of locally developed remedies for the management...
Coronavirus: WHO Says Dead Bodies Not Infectious
The World Health Organisation, WHO
says that except in cases of hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Marburg and
cholera, dead bodies from COVID-19 are...
COVID-19: Who Advises On Measures To Protect Workplace, Employees
The World
Health Organisation, WHO has advised employers worldwide to take preventive
steps against spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, even if the virus...
Hepatitis: NOA, Omotosho Foundation Partner To Rid Nigeria Of Scourge
The
National Orientation Agency, NOA says it is collaborating with the Mike
Omotosho’s Foundation, MOF to draw Nigerians’ attention to the Hepatitis
scourge.
Coronavirus: Experts Warn Nigeria, Eight Others Vulnerable To Outbreak
Some researchers, in a study published in Nature, said they are worried about Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya because...
WHO Says Coronavirus Outbreak Not Pandemic
The World Health Organisation WHO says the coronavirus outbreak is not yet pandemic, but a global public health emergency
cancer: WHO outlines measures to save 7 million by 2030
The
World Health Organisation, WHO is targeting over seven million people, in its
effort to step-up cancer services in resource-poor countries.
United Arab Emirates Confirms First Cases Of Novel Coronavirus
The United Arab Emirates has confirmed that several members of a family that travelled to the country from the Chinese city of...
Coronavirus: FG Assures Will Strengthen Surveillance At 5 International Airports
Federal Government has assured Nigerians of its readiness to strengthening surveillance at five international airports in the country to prevent the spread...
Coronavirus: W.H.O Official To Meet With Chinese Government, Health Experts
The World Health Organisation, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he will meet with the Chinese government and health experts supporting the...
Malaria: FG To Empower Local Manufacturers To Produce Drugs – N.M.E.P...
The
Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme, N.M.E.P, Audu Mohammed
says the Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to produce
malaria drugs locally.
Tobacco: W.H.O Says Global Use Declines By 60m People
The World Health Organisation, W.H.O says overall global
tobacco use has reduced from 1.397 billion in 2000 to 1.337 billion in 2018, or
by...
WHO Says 2.3bn People Overweight, 150m Children Stunted Globally
The World Health Organisation, WHO says over two-point-three billion children and adults are overweight, while more than one-hundred and-fifty million children are...
World Anti-Biotic Awareness: W.H.O Says Misuse Of Anti-Biotics Is Dangerous To...
The
World Health Organisation, W.H.O warned that the misuse of antibiotics is
dangerous to health and can put people at risk.
