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Polio: South Sudan, WHO To Immunise 3m Children
South Sudan and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday began immunisation targeting over three million children against Polio amid…
8.8 million people die from cancer every year-WHO
New World Health Organisation, WHO figures released this week indicate that each year 8.8 million people die from cancer, mostly…
TB kills 1.8 million people in 2015-WHO
The dreaded Tuberculosis, TB disease has killed 1.8 million people worldwide in 2015, says the World Health Organisation, WHO report.…
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WHO urges global action against consumption of sugary drinks
Taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new World Health…
Yellow Fever kills 400 in Angola, DRC, WHO to vaccinate 14 million
Yellow Fever has killed 400 people in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, as the World Health Organisation,…
2.6 million babies die inside womb annually-WHO
Kazeem Ugbodaga The World Health Organisation, WHO, reports that 2.6 million babies worldwide are stillborn annually, lamenting that cases of…
FRSC creates data bank for road traffic accident
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the need to have a unified road accident data in the country informed…
WHO urges countries to reduce deaths from viral hepatitis
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, 2016, the World Health Organisation, WHO is urging countries to take rapid…
Air pollution kills over 3m people annually – WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday raised the alarm over the rise of urban air pollution which is increasing at…
WHO declares Adamawa Polio-free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Adamawa as a polio-free state. The WHO Coordinator in the state, Dr Nuhu…
Kano records 3 confirmed cases of Lassa fever
Dr Kabir Getso, Kano State Commissioner for Health, said on Monday in Kano that the state had recorded three confirmed…
WHO raises alarm as Zika virus spreads speedily
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Zika virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies…
Lassa Fever: WHO calls for intensive awareness campaign in rural areas
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged governments at all levels to intensify public awareness campaigns on Lassa Fever…
330,000 women die during child birth —WHO
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 330,000 women died during child birth worldwide in 2015, says the World Health Organisation, WHO. Sub-Saharan…
Dead Sierra Leone patient tests positive for Ebola
A body has tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone, a spokesman for the Health Ministry said, just hours after…
New Ebola case confirmed in Liberia – WHO
The World Health Organization on Friday confirmed that a new case of the deadly Ebola virus has surfaced in Liberia,…
WHO official settles maid abuse case out of court
A representative for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Thailand has settled out of court after being accused of keeping…
Nigerian Ebola survivor gives birth to baby girl
A Nigerian doctor who was infected with Ebola virus and survived has given birth to a baby girl in California.…
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Cancer: WHO says people can eat meat
The World Health Organization stressed Thursday that an explosive report this week linking the consumption of processed meat to cancer…
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Two-thirds of people under 50 have herpes – WHO
More than 3.7 billion people under 50 have the highly-infectious and incurable herpes virus that causes sores around the mouth…
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety
Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million…
Two new Ebola cases in Guinea – WHO
Reuters – Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of…
WHO: No new Ebola cases in the past week
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said no new Ebola infections were reported in West Africa in the past…
Sierra Leone begins new countdown to Ebola-free status
Sierra Leone has released its last two known Ebola patients and begun a new 42-day countdown to a declaration that…
WHO Chooses Akure, Ondo Hospitals As Research Centres
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has chosen Mother and Child Hospitals in Akure and Ondo as research centres for child…
Nigerian Youth And Drug Abuse
By Michael Oputeh A drug is a substance used for medical purposes that changes the state or function of the…
WHO can’t handle Ebola outbreak
Experts called on Tuesday for urgent, root-and-branch changes to the World Health Organization after an inadequate response to West Africa’s…
WHO donates 561 megaphones to Taraba
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Saturday donated 561 megaphones to Taraba Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) in order…
South Korea MERS outbreak ‘large and complex’ – WHO
Seoul (AFP) – South Korea’s outbreak of the deadly MERS virus is “large and complex” and more cases should be…
Ebola cases rise in Guinea, Sierra Leone, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed on Tuesday that Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Bruce Aylward,…