The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the addition of the MVA-BN vaccine to its prequalification list, marking the first vaccine against mpox to receive this designation. In a statement released on Friday, the organisation explained that prequalification approval would…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published global cholera statistics for 2023, revealing a concerning increase in cases and deaths. According to a statement released on Wednesday, the number of reported cholera cases rose by 13 per cent and deaths…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over a notable decrease in condom use among sexually active adolescents since 2014, leading to a rise in unprotected sex and its associated risks. In a statement issued on Thursday, the WHO’s…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it requires $87.4 million over the next six months to collaborate with countries, partners, and other stakeholders in controlling the ongoing Mpox outbreak. In a statement released on Tuesday, the WHO outlined…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that from January 1 to July 28, there were 307,433 cholera cases and 2,326 deaths across 26 countries and five WHO regions. According to a statement released on Thursday, the Eastern Mediterranean Region had…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Cases of the infectious viral disease mpox on the rise around the world, adding that it has convened its Emergency Committee to discuss the outbreak. The WHO reported this on Tuesday from Geneva. Confirmed…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the sum of one million dollars from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to support scale-up of Mpox response. Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this on Wednesday during an online media conference.…
The Global child vaccination rates remained below pre-pandemic levels last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday. In 2023, 84 per cent of children globally were fully vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus…
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained “unacceptably high”. The United Nations health agency’s latest report on alcohol and…
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it plans to commence vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) on May 27 in Kogi. The state’s Team Lead of WHO, Dr Muktar Toyosi, said this when he led his team on an advocacy…
