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COVID-19:How to end pandemic by 2022-WHO

…Says it could be done,‘with comprehensive measures taken’ Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday, said...

COVID-19:Omicron variant gives WHO serious concern

  The world is yet to be at rest as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has raised fresh fears of spread. Indeed,the World Health Organization said the coronavirus...

South Sudan, WHO steps up preparedness for Ebola outbreak

  South Sudan and World Health Organisation (WHO), say they have stepped up Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preparedness and response readiness in the high-risk counties...

Uzodimma: Easter offers us opportunity to rethink essence of our humanity

Ihekweazu’s WHO appointment most deseveing, Says Uzodimma

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has lauded the appointment of Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as the...

AbdulRazaq, WHO seek better attention to primary healthcare

   …Kwara hosts 22 APC States’ meeting on improving healthcare access   Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday sought improved...

COVID-19: WHO announces three new drugs for clinical trials

..Artesunate, imatinib and infliximab to the rescue   Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find...

COVID-19 third wave: Africa records 6,400 deaths in one week – WHO

  ‘…South Africa and Tunisia accounted for more than 55 per cent of the fatalities…” The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday...

Why COVID-19 cases are rising, WHO

…4million cases in two weeks COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week...

354 million people live with Hepatitis B&C worldwide -WHO

….Urges better prevention through testing   Every 30 seconds, one person in the world dies of a disease caused by hepatitis. The United Nations has planned to...

Myocarditis side effect: WHO insists COVID-19 vaccines outweigh risks

  World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have insisted that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh the risks in reducing hospitalisations and deaths due to...