Tag: WHO
Search for Hepatitis B cure still on track – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the collaboration between global health partners to discover a cure for Hepatitis B Virus…
WHO tags video game ‘mental disorder’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has, for the first time, tagged compulsive video gaming as a mental health condition in…
Congo: Ebola outbreak is not over – WHO
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, in…
Ebola: WHO reports great feat in Congo
Congo has made great strides in fighting Ebola, but the virus is not yet under control, a senior World Health…
DRC approves 5 new Ebola drugs – WHO
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has approved the use of five investigational therapeutics to treat Ebola Virus Disease…
Cholera: WHO intensifies house to house search
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is coordinating the control of Cholera outbreak in Adamawa and has embarked on intensive…
Borno: WHO begins campaign to eliminate yellow fever
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it commenced campaign to eliminate Yellow fever in the country in February and has vaccinated…
China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span – WHO
China exceeds U.S. in healthy life span for the first time since records began, , according to WHO data.
1.1billion people are smokers globally – WHO
There are around 1.1 billion smokers in the world today, the same number as at the turn of the century,…
WHO urges countries to raise taxes on Tobacco products
As the “World No Tobacco Day 2018″ is commemorated globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to…
World Bank, WHO partner to strengthen Global health security
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has in collaboration with the World Bank Group launched the “Global Preparedness Monitoring Board”, a…
WHO, partners need $26m for Ebola response in DRC
The World Health Organisation (WHO)and partners will need 26 million dollars for the Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of…
WHO unveils ambitious health plans to benefit 3 billion people
The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan on Monday aiming to benefit an overall population of…
Ebola: World much prepared to handle outbreak now than in 2014 – WHO
The Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom, the the world is much more prepared now to handle the Ebola Virus…
Ebola: Congo, WHO race to prevent runaway outbreak
Congolese and United Nations officials were racing on Thursday to prevent a runaway Ebola outbreak in Congo.