BY AKUDORO GLORIA The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim has said that based on World Health Organisation (WHO) statistical report over 98,000 Nigerian… Read More »98,000 Nigerian women die annually from use of firewood – Suleiman-Ibrahim
The World Health Organization, WHO, has lauded the Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah over his massive investments in the health sector of the… Read More »WHO commends Mbah’s health sector reform, tours Type 2 PHCs in the state
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a grave warning regarding a significant drop in condom use among sexually active teenagers since 2014, leading… Read More »WHO Warns of Alarming Decline in Condom Use Among Teens
The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), says it has arrested two suspects facilitating illegal oil sales with fake documents, other items… Read More »JTF arrest 2 suspects faking documents for illegal oil sales
The World Health Organization (WHO) has started a comprehensive intervention package to help the state of Borno’s TB condition. At the start of a 10-day… Read More »WHO Provides Tuberculosis Control Training to 60 Borno Health Workers
by Helen Ochie The World Health Organisation, on Tuesday, voiced alarm at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide… Read More »WHO raises alarm over rapid spread of measles cases
By Joy Egwu As the Nigeria joined the rest of the world yesterday to mark the World Cancer Day, a non-governmental organization known as the… Read More »World Cancer Day: 28% of Nigerians living with disease- Group • 20m new cases, 9.7m deaths globally in 2022- WHO
The World Health Organization announced on Monday that regulations restricting trans fat in food now apply to about half of the world’s population, and it… Read More »More nations are urged by WHO to crack down on trans fat.
In the interest of public health, the World Health Organization, or WHO, has encouraged signatory states to its global tobacco treaty to prohibit or restrict… Read More »WHO– Prohibit e-cigarette use
The World Health Organization stated on Tuesday that there has been a steady decline in the number of adult tobacco users in recent years, but… Read More »WHO: Worldwide tobacco consumption is declining
Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people… Read More »Cape Verde Becomes Third African Country To Eliminate Malaria
The World Health Organization has certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan malaria-free for achieving the elimination of malaria in their territories. The certification follows a sustained, century-long… Read More »WHO certifies Azerbaijan, Tajikistan malaria-free
The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the results of the governorship and state assembly elections… Read More »Obi group to INEC: Cancel Imo, Lagos, Rivers election results over irregularities
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday released six short policy briefs that outline key actions that all governments must take to end COVID-19 pandemic. WHO… Read More »WHO releases 6 policy briefs to end COVID-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines on the viral disease,… Read More »WHO recommends 2 new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have said that breastfeeding was more critical than ever in the lives of babies… Read More »Breastfeeding more critical for children in crisis situations– UNICEF, WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as monkeypox virus which originated in… Read More »Zoonotic diseases increase by 63% in Africa – WHO
The Member States of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday re-elected Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the… Read More »WHO D-G, Ghebreyesus, re-elected