Tag: World Health Organisation
WHO Regional Director Urges Caution in Lifting Coronavirus Lockdowns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday urged countries to apply caution in lifting COVID-19 lockdowns, warning of a resurgence of infections if current restrictions ... Read More
WHO Identifies ‘More Effective’ Ebola Treatment Drugs
Two of four Ebola treatment drugs have been determined “more effective” than the others and will be the only ones used on patients going forward, ... Read More
WHO: One million sexual infections recorded everyday
The world has failed to combat sexually transmitted bacterial infections in the past few years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a ... Read More
WHO begins rehabilitation of healthcare facilities in North-east
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is currently rehabilitating 23 selected healthcare facilities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, as part of efforts to ... Read More
UN describes ‘Virginity testing’ as human rights violation
A group of United Nations (UN) agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess the virginity of a ... Read More
WHO Vaccinates 377,000 People Against Cholera In Adamawa
No fewer than 377,000 people have been vaccinated against cholera in Adamawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. This was contained in the ... Read More
Half Of Mental Health Disorders Start At Adolescence – WHO
Half of all mental illnesses begin at the adolescent age – before the age of 14 – but most cases go undetected and untreated, the ... Read More
Africa Records High Health Improvement, WHO Reports
A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has shown a high improvement in health in the region. WHO, at ... Read More
‘We’ll Fight New Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo’ – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would fight the resurgence of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) like it fought ... Read More
Nigeria To Be 24 Months Free Of Polio In August – WHO
Polio Immunisation The World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in Cross River, Dr Thompson Igbu, says Nigeria would be polio-free by August 2018. Dr Igbu made ... Read More
WHO Warns of Imminent Spread of Ebola From DRC
World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may likely spread to more parts of the ... Read More
Ebola Alert: First Suspected Deaths in Congo Outbreak came in January – WHO
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first ... Read More
Air pollution kills 7m people annually – WHO
pollution The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than seven million people die every year from exposure to polluted air. According to a WHO ... Read More
#WorldMalariaDay More Investment in Research Key to Reduction – Society
Dr. John Puddicombe, President, Malaria Society of Nigeria (MSN), has called for more investment into malaria research to reduce the infection rate in the country. ... Read More
Nigeria No Longer Constitutes Lassa Fever Threat to Global Health – Minster
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, says Nigeria is no longer constitute a Lassa fever threat to global health as the country recorded only ... Read More
World Malaria Day: Pharmacists want increased awareness
World Malaria Day: Pharmacists want increased awareness Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Kwara chapter, has urged government at all levels and traditional rulers to ... Read More
WHO Raises Alarm on Alleged Sale of Free Tuberculosis Drugs
Dr Michael Jose, the National Professional Officer of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, has decried the alleged sale of free Tuberculosis (TB) drugs to ... Read More
WHO Report: 3.8m Benefited from Health Services in Northeast
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it provided health interventions to 3.8 million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast in the past ... Read More
WHO Says Complacency Stalls Global Fight Against Malaria
Progress in the global fight against malaria has stalled amid signs of flat-lining funding and complacency that the mosquito-borne disease is less of a threat, ... Read More
WHO Warn Farmers Against Giving Antibiotics to Healthy Animals
The food industry should stop using antibiotics to boost growth in healthy animals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says in new guidelines that are meant ... Read More