Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has improved funding for primary healthcare and easing of legal logjams militating against the effective running of what the Governor called the bedrock of healthcare worldwide. AbdulRazak said more attention ought to go into primary healthcare…
The fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria has received a boost, as the country received 26 ventilators and other equipment from the World Health Organisation. Nigeria also took delivery of 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters as authorities step up efforts to…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday donated 1.5 million dosage of cholera vaccine to Bauchi State. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Chairman, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), disclosed this at the kick-off of the vaccination exercise in…
Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “Africa has just marked the continent’s…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), say 745, 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease occurred in 2016. WHO, in a statement from its headquarters in Geneva on Monday, said that the figure was…
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has urged everyone to recognise the leadership skills and potential of women toward moving the world closer to gender equality. She made the call in her message to mark…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the global initiative making these medicines accessible to all countries. The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the call…
Women account for a slightly smaller proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared with men, a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 28 African countries shows. WHO Regional Office for Africa said this in a statement issued…
With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying teams of experts to support the national authorities ramp up the response…
…Confirms release of 16m doses to Nigeria The World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative in Nigeria Dr Walter Kazadi Mulomboo has denied reports about disqualification of Nigeria from accessing COVID-19 vaccines. Mulomboo in his clarificationn said WHO has not disqualified…
