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Liberia now Ebola free – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared Liberia free of Ebola after no new cases were reported for 42…
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GlaxoSmithKline almost ready with first malaria vaccine
The world’s first malaria vaccine, produced by GlaxoSmithKline, could be approved by international regulators for use in Africa from October.…
WHO says 2million die from unsafe food annually
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director, Africa, on Tuesday said unsafe food is linked to the deaths…
Children At The Mercy Of Malnutrition
By Odimegwu Onwumere The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition had accounted that at least 10 million children are affected by…
WHO Lists Consequences Of Female Genital Mutilation
Eromosele Ebhomele The World Health Organisation has warned that engaging in female genital mutilation, also known as female cricumcision, is…
Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…
Tobacco Kills 6 Million People Yearly —WHO
Eromosele Ebhomele Ahead of 31 May this year to mark World No Tobacco Day, WNTD, the World Health Organisation, WHO,…
Ebola death toll tops 8,000
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the…
Lagos And The Defining Moments Of 2014
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Though 2014 has come and gone, its memories continue to linger on. To some, it was a…
Ebola Red Alert This Season
In recent times, some countries in West Africa have been plagued by the killer Ebola virus disease. Though Nigeria had…
Achieving A HIV/AIDS-Free Generation
By Rasak Musbau In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) instituted December 1 every year as World AIDS Day. The…
China says nearly 500,000 living with HIV
The World Health Organization issued a call to action to China Monday over HIV/AIDS as government figures said nearly half…
WHO confirms DR Congo Ebola-free
The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that the Democratic Republic of Congo was Ebola-free, as 42 days had passed since…
WHO Warns Over Stalled Global War Against Measles
Progress towards wiping out measles worldwide has stalled, with deaths from the highly contagious disease rising last year and poor…
Humbling The Ebola Virus Disease In Lagos: Heroes Of The Containment
By Mac Durugbo September 18, 2014, will remain a memorable date in the history of Nigeria in general and Lagos…
1.5m people died of TB in 2013, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that nine million people were infected by tuberculosis (TB) in 2013, while…
Spain nurse cured of Ebola, says doctors
A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus…
LASG lauds Nigeria’s Ebola containment feat
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Monday said the success recorded by Nigeria in the containment of…
Nigeria Officially Ebola Free, Says WHO
The World Health Organization on Monday declared Nigeria officially Ebola-free, after 42 days — or two incubation periods — without…
Nigeria to be declared Ebola-free on Monday
Nigeria is expected to be declared Ebola-free on Monday, just three months after fears that the virus could spread like…
Ebola: WHO warns of deteriorating situation in W.Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday warned again of continuous deteriorating situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, saying…
20 Deadliest Diseases In Human History
Human history is undoubtedly stained with the blood of men, women and children killed in war, but it is disease…
Mental Illness As A Time Bomb
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The World Mental Health Day is set aside every 10th of October, by the World Health Organisation…
Living With Schizophrenia
Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day. This is a day set aside by the WHO for people all…
Ebola: 7,178 cases, 3,338 deaths recorded in West Africa
The United Nations on Thursday said the number of cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa had risen…
2015 Elections will be best in Nigeria – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the international community that next year’s general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in accordance…
Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases – WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of…
Ebola Could Strike 20,000 In Six Weeks — Study
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect 20,000 people as soon as early November unless rigorous infection control measures…
Ebola: Nigeria, Senegal get thumbs up from WHO
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the…
Obama To Outline Battle Plans Against Ebola
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the…