Tag: WHO
WHO revokes Mugabe’s appointment as Ambassador
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
Mugabe’s WHO appointment ‘an insult’
The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several…
WHO trains 30 journalists on emergency health coverage tips
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, began a two-day training programme for over 30 journalists in Maiduguri on emergency…
Childhood, adolescent obesity up tenfold WHO warns
WHO on Wednesday warned that the population of obese children and adolescents worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four…
WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
The World Health Organisation, WHO has delivered nearly 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and released US$1.5 million dollars in emergency…
Growing threat of antimicrobial resistance rendering new antibiotics ineffective – WHO
Few new antibiotics currently in the pipeline cannot combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a World Health Organisation (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…
WHO adopts measures to curb Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had taken measures to effectively respond to the recent outbreak of Ebola in…
WHO unveils new malaria vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday unveiled a new malaria vaccine called RTS,S that will be piloted in Kenya,…
WHO: Nigeria receives 500,000 doses of Meningitis C vaccine
Nigeria has received 500,000 doses of meningitis C containing vaccine to combat the epidemic in the country, the WHO has…
WHO: At least 2.2m Afghans suffer from mental health problems
The World Health Organisation says no fewer than 2.2 million Afghans are believed to be suffering from depressive and anxiety…
World Health Day: 300 million people worldwide live with depression-WHO
By Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marks the World Health Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, says more than 300…
Al-Shabaab Kidnaps 4 WHO Vaccination Volunteers
Somali army on Tuesday said that suspected radical Islamist group al-Shabaab in Somalia on Tuesday kidnapped four volunteers participating in…
800,000 people commit suicide worldwide annually – WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says that every year, close to 800 000 people take their own life and that…
TB: WHO holds 1st global ministerial confab
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will hold the first Global Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis (TB) as part of…
Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Yearly – WHO
Polluted environments take the lives of 1.7 million children under the age of five, according to two new reports from…