Tag: Malaria, WHO
WHO adopts new resolution on Malaria
The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has adopted a new resolution on malaria. WHO, in a statement on...
COVID:19 Africa needs 20m AstraZeneca vaccine -WHO
Africa requires at least 20 million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses in the next six weeks to enable the continent to deliver second shots to populations...
COVID-19: WHO chief issues fresh warning
The European office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning against taking the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic too lightly in the face of declining...
WHO cautions on risk of major measles outbreak in Africa
Omolara Akintoye As the World commemorates this year’s World immunization week which is tagged “Take action: Get yourself and your loved ones Vaccinated”, the...
Hoarding of vaccines will be catastrophic to the world, WHOto
The hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by rich countries is not only unethical but will also prolong the pandemic, UN health chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned on...
Heart disease remains number one killer globally – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says heart disease remains the number one killer while diabetes and dementia are among top 10 of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)...
COVID-19: WHO alerts African countries on possible surge
The World Health Organisation has urged African countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases “even as nearly 20 countries in the...
World records 207, 500 measles death in 2019 – WHO
…Amid increases in cases to 869,770 Global measles deaths increased by 50 per cent from 2016 to 2019, claiming over 207,500 lives in 2019, WHO said in a statement...
$28.5b needed to finance COVID-19 tools accelerator – WHO
The WHO says 28.5 billion dollars is urgently needed to finance the access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator to ensure equitable and worldwide access to...
UNICEF, WHO demand immediate action to avert Measles, Polio epidemics
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for immediate action to avert major measles...
