The United States, the World Health Organization’s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said,… Read More »US Opposes Plans to Strengthen World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope… Read More »UN Endorses World’s First Malaria Vaccine
Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously… Read More »Two Pfizer, AstraZeneca Doses Work Against Delta Variant: Study
An Ebola outbreak which started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the West African country’s health ministry… Read More »WHO Declares End to Second Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 16.6 million children in Africa missed planned supplemental measles vaccine doses between January 2020 and April 2021 due… Read More »COVID-19: 16.6m African Children Miss Measles Vaccine Doses — WHO
About 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated to South Sudan by the African Union, expired before they were used, health authorities in the country… Read More »Thousands Of Covid-19 Vaccines Expire In South Sudan
Confusion and complacency in addressing Covid-19 mean the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with… Read More »Coronavirus Pandemic ‘A Long Way From Over’ WHO Says
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday told journalists that the UN-backed vaccine initiative, COCAX, has distributed more than 32 million vaccines… Read More »Coronavirus: International Equitable Vaccine Effort Ships 32 Million Shots To 61 Countries
Over six million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Africa, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said. Regional director of the… Read More »7m Doses Of Covid Vaccines Administered in Africa So Far- WHO
Countries which formerly suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines due to the risks reported by some have started on Friday to resume the use of… Read More »COVID-19: After Blood Clot Scare Health Agency Encourages Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva on Wednesday that some countries in the European Union (EU) temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca… Read More »WHO Reacts To Suspension By Some EU Countries Of COVID-19 Vaccine, Says It’s Safe To Use
The World Health Organization’s vaccine safety experts will meet today (Tuesday) to discuss the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, as the list of countries temporarily halting its rollout… Read More »WHO Meets To Discuss AstraZeneca Vaccine As Concerns Rise Over Safety
Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their roll-outs.… Read More »AstraZeneca Vaccine To Be Reviewed Tuesday As Germany, France, Italy, Spain Halt Rollout
There is a “very high risk” that an Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea could spread to neighbouring countries, the World Health Organization has warned. “As… Read More »WHO Says There’s ‘High Risk’ Ebola Will Spread From Guinea
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started tracing those who came in contact with a patient who died from Ebola. The 42-year-old… Read More »Ebola Contact Tracing Starts In DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has refuted reports of Nigeria’s disqualification from access to COVID-19 vaccines. On Saturday, the Country Representative, Walter Mulomboo, said no… Read More »COVID-19 Vaccines: Nigeria Not Disqualified From Access, WHO Says
World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the… Read More »WHO Team Visits Wuhan Virus Lab At Center Of Origin Speculation
To speed up access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the developing world, on the eve of the new year, the UN health agency approved Pfizer and… Read More »Coronavirus: WHO Clears BioNTech’s Vaccine For Emergency Use