Tag: WHO
Sensitise Nigerians On Managing Dementia: Expert Urges FG
Mrs Kikelomo Edwards, an Alzheimer Disease International Ambassador for WHO, African Region, has called on the Federal Government to sensitise…
River blindness: WHO successfully control disease in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has recorded success in controlling river blindness in Africa after more than 40…
Mudslides: WHO moves to prevent disease outbreak in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread…
Polio: Kebbi seeks WHO support on immunizing cross border children
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help curtail spread of Polio by…
WHO Boosts Malaria Prevention In Northeast Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) says up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria can be saved by November through targeted steps…
WHO Approves New Mosquito Net
WHO on Thursday approved a new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF.
Gonorrhoea Is Becoming Untreatable – WHO
Gonorrhoea infections are increasing, but doctors are running out of antibiotics that can fight the increasingly resistant bacteria causing the…
WHO commends Africa on malaria and HIV control
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended the African region for making significant progress in malaria control in the last…
Africa Not Able To Meet Blood Needs – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa still falls short of meeting its blood needs in spite of increase in…
Polio: WHO, UNICEF laud eradication fund for Nigeria, others
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commended the 1.2 billion dollars funding initiative to…
WHO updates guidelines on antibiotics, HIV, cancer drugs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to…
Ebola: New technology deployed for rapid diagnosis in DRC
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had deployed new technology that allowed for rapid diagnosis of Ebola virus in…
WHO To Elect New UN Health Chief
World Health Organisation (WHO) member countries gathered Tuesday to elect a new UN health chief, who will be tasked with…
WHO admits slow response to Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted It responded “too slow” in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak…
Half of all deaths now have a recorded cause – WHO
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from WHO show, highlighting improvements countries…