Tag: WHO
Coronavirus: WHO to accelerate research, innovation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will convene a global research and innovation forum to mobilise international action in…
Coronavirus: WHO lists Nigeria among high-risk African nations
The World Health Organisation has identified Nigeria among 13 high-risk African countries for coronavirus.
Coronavirus: WHO declares international emergency
Coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.
Coronavirus: Stopping spread our highest priority – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says halting the spread of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), both in China and globally, is the…
Coronavirus: WHO postpones decision on China
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday postponed taking a decision on whether the mysterious coronavirus that killed at least 17…
Tobacco use declines globally – WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) says overall global tobacco use reduced from 1.397 billion in 2000 to 1.337 billion in 2018…
2.2 billion people have vision impairment – WHO
More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need…
WHO releases frightening statistics on suicide
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has released frightening statistics on suicide rate worldwide, saying that at least one person dies…
Ebola death toll in DRC rises to 1,540, WHO raises alarm
The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540,…
Polio vaccination: UN agencies take campaign to Somalia
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called on Somalian citizens to vaccinate their…
Ebola: WHO to declare international emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the…
WHO lists countries with emergencies mental disorders
The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a report published on Wednesday, listed Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria,…
Over 1m sexually transmitted infections recorded daily – WHO
Everyday, over one million new cases of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are recorded among people aged 15 to 49…
WHO issues guidelines to prevent dementia
The number of people with dementia worldwide is expected to triple in the next 30 years, according to the World…
WHO’s slain doctor buried in Cameroon
With overwhelming grief and respect, Dr Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, a devoted doctor, epidemiologist, husband and father who had worked…
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…