WHO Declares Mpox a Global Public Health Emergency Amid Spreading Outbreak in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years. ...
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Global Hunger Crisis: 73 Million Africans, 757 Million Worldwide Face Food Insecurity- UN Report
As Nigerians go down through a severe hunger crisis, the United Nations, UN, organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organisation, ...
Cholera Outbreak at Kirikiri Prison: Lagos Govt Takes Swift Action with WHO Support
The Lagos State government has confirmed a cholera outbreak at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, with 25 inmates affected by severe ...
Expanded Immunization Programme: Over 50 Million Lives Saved in Africa- WHO
An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For ...
WHO to Escalate Warning on Contaminated Children’s Cough Syrup in Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is poised to escalate its warning concerning contaminated children’s cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & ...
WHO Projects Cancer Mortality in Africa to Reach 1 Million Annually by 2030
World Cancer Day is an international day marked annually on fourth of February to raise awareness of cancer and to ...
Liberia Becomes 4th African Nation to Receive Malaria Vaccine, Receives 112,000 Doses
The Ministry of Health of Liberia, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the ...
How COVID Vaccines Saved At Least 1.4 Million Lives in Europe – WHO
At least 1.4 million lives have been saved in Europe thanks to Covid vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on ...
COVID-19 Still a Major Threat- WHO
Almost 10,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported in December, the WHO said on Wednesday, as it warned the virus remained a ...
WHO Urges Global Preparation for Future Pandemics After Ending Covid Crisis
…Calls for Relief Efforts and International Pandemic Accord Director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Tuesday ...
