Tag: WHO
WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine For Children
The World Health Organisation WHO is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease for...
WHO Urges Countries To Improve Support For People Living With Dementia
According to new report launched by World Health Organization WHO says no fewer than 55 million people globally are living with dementia, and the...
8 In 10 African Countries To Miss Crucial Sept. Covid-19 Vaccination...
World Health Organization WHO says Africa is likely to miss the urgent global goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of each...
Nigeria, Other African Countries Commit To Ending Polio – WHO
Nigeria and other African states overseen by the African Regional Office of the World Health Organisation WHO are committed to ending all remaining forms...
FG Partners WHO To Develop Robust National Biosecurity Policy – DG
The National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA is working with the World Health Organization, WHO and other relevant organizations, to develop a robust national biosecurity...
Hepatitis: Undiagnosed, Untreated Hepatitis Kills 124,000 Africans Annually – WHO
Hepatitis is a silent epidemic with more than 90 million people livingwith the disease in Africa. representing 26 per cent of the global total.The...
COVID-19 vaccination: Africa in danger of being left behind – W.H.O.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned that Africa is in danger of being left behind in COVID-19 vaccination as prices spike due to...
COVID-19: Vaccine Alone Won’t End Pandemic – WHO
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic.The pandemic is raging months...
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 acceleration of...
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 Africa.The UN...
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 vaccines around...
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 Congo, DRC.WHO...
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.The Agency announced this...
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 coronavirus pandemic.WHO African...
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 and treatment of...
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 generally not...
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 has not
been...
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.According
to NOA Director-General Garba Abari,...
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 of weak...
WHO Says Coronavirus Outbreak Not Pandemic
The World Health Organisation WHO says the coronavirus outbreak is not yet pandemic, but a global public health emergencyCoronavirus has claimed 425 lives, with...
