Tag: WHO
Nigeria Risks Missing 2030 SDG Goals Without Urgent Reforms – WHO.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, country representative to Nigeria, Dr. Walter Mulombo, has warned that Nigeria risks missing key health targets under the Sustainable...
Mpox: WHO Reports 6,603 Cases, 32 Deaths In Africa
The World Health Organization, WHO, has reported a 6,603 confirmed mpox cases, including 32 deaths across 15 African countries in 2024, with 402 confirmed...
MPOX: Nigeria, Others To Benefit As WHO Plans $135m Fund.
Nigeria and several other countries that have been recently hit by the Monkey Pox (MPOX) outbreak, stand to benefit from a 135 million dollars...
WHO Reiterates Commitment To Improve Health Indices In Borno
The World Health Organisation WHO, in collaboration with other partners, has reinforced its commitment in providing the needed support to improve health indices in...
WHO Says Gaza’s Nasser Hospital Not Functional After Israel Raids
The World Health Organization, WHO has confirmed that Gaza's Nasser hospital, has been shut down following an Israeli attack, alleging blockage to enter the...
Who Charges Countries To Use New Tools To Stave Off Malaria...
The World Health Organisation, WHO has called on countries to implement new and existing anti-malaria interventions, including the use of its pilot vaccine programme...
Tanzania Confirms Outbreak Of Deadly Marburg Virus
The World Health Organisation WHO says Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the country’s northwest Kagera...
55 Countries Face Health Worker Crunch Linked To Covid-19 – WHO
World Health Organisation WHO has said that no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek...
COVID-19 Takes Toll On Health, Well-Being Of Women, Children – WHO
World Health Organization, WHO reported That the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as war and crises, have set back efforts to improve the health and...
Dementia: Who Launches Blueprint To Tackle Generational Health Challenge
World Health Organisation, WHO has launched the first ever research blueprint for tackling dementia.WHO said worldwide, around 55 million people have dementia, with over...
WHO ILO seek concrete action to tackle mental health issues in...
World Health Organization, WHO and the International Labour Organization, ILO have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population.WHO...
African Health Ministers Endorse New Strategy To Combat Communicable Diseases
African health ministers have endorsed a new strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe non-communicable diseases.The health ministers, gathering...
Dr Congo Reports 5 Ebola Cases, All Dead – WHO
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amidst the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the...
World Health Day: WHO Calls On Govts To Mitigate Climate Crisis
The World Health Organisation WHO has called on governments to take urgent actions to protect health and mitigate climate crisis.The UN health agency also...
Covid-19: Omicron Is Not ‘Mild’, Kills People Like Other Variants –...
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday.WHO...
FG Partners WHO On Electronic Waste Exposure On Child, Public Health
The Federal Ministry of Health is partnering with the World Health Organisation, WHO to strengthen stakeholders’ capacity to halt impact of electronic waste exposure...
HIV/Syphilis: FG To Distribute 4m Test Kits To Stop Mother-Child Transmission
The Federal Government has introduced the use of test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission as the country plans to distribute four million test...
NGO Charges Women To Embrace Family Planning To Stave Maternal Mortality
A health-based NGO, Pathfinder International today in Abuja advised Nigerians, especially women, to access family planning services as a way of addressing maternal mortality.A...
WHO, Partners Call For Action To Protect Healthcare Workers From COVID-19
The World Health Organisation WHO and partners issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other...
WHO Names Football Star Drogba Ambassador
World Health Organisation WHO, announced football legend Didier Drogba from Côte d’Ivoire as its new Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health.Drogba will promote WHO’s...
