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…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) will become the leading cause of mortality in Africa by 2030 if urgent measures are not executed by member states. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, joining virtually, made…
Recently the World Health Organisation (WHO) decried the increasing threat to the right to health of millions of people across the world. The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has stated that 140 countries recognise health as…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is targeting the immunisation of 1millikn persons as Nigeria becomes the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (Men5CV). In a statement on Friday, WHO said that the vaccine would protect…
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine – Men5CV – recommended by World Health Organisation(WHO), to protect people against meningitis. The world health body, in a statement on Friday, said that the…
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organisation (WHO), has become an advocate of disability rights and gender equity within the continent’s health systems. Moeti disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
In a bid to address rising concerns over excessive sugar consumption, the National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), a coalition dedicated to public health initiatives, has highlighted the inadequacy of the current tax rate on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB). With…
