Tag: WHO
Congo Ebola death toll nears 1,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said it feared continued “intense transmission’’ of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic…
Libya: WHO expresses fear on disease outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it feared outbreaks of infectious diseases due to dirty water and…
Ebola: 993 cases confirmed, 621 dead in DRC – WHO
As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) approaches 1 000 cases amid increased violence, WHO…
Cyclone Idai: WHO sending urgent health assistance to displaced thousands in Mozambique, others
The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands of people impacted by…
Lassa fever: WHO scales up support in West Africa
The World Health Organisation, (WHO), on Sunday, said it has scaled up its efforts to support West African countries, in…
Lassa fever: WHO scales up response in West Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has scaled up efforts to support the response rate of five countries in…
Cancer claims 41,000 lives in Nigeria in 2018 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Monday that 41,000 people lost their lives to cancer out of 166, 000…
Pakistan may be polio free by end of 2019 -WHO
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus says that polio is likely to be eliminated from Pakistan by…
FG, WHO partners to avert non-communicable diseases
The Federal Government says it is working in partnership with World Health Organisation (WHO) to reduce the prevalence of Non-Communicable…
30 milliom babies are born premature yearly -UNICEF, WHO
Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick, requiring specialised care to survive beyond the…
Exposure to air pollution causes 7m deaths worldwide annually – WHO
Exposure to air pollution causes seven million deaths worldwide every year and costs an estimated US$ 5.11 trillion in welfare…
Polio: WHO immunises 79,000 children in FCT
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it immunised about 79, 000 children of below five years against polio during the…
Nigeria, WHO to eradicate Noma disease by 2023
The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday restated commitments to end Noma disease in…
WHO counters Zimbabwean preacher’s HIV cure claim
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed that there is “no cure” for HIV, insisting that people living with HIV…
PHC, panacea to health for all – WHO
The Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has declared that Primary Health Care (PHC) was the most important…