The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, June 30, officially granted China a malaria-free certification as a token of celebration of the country’s successful elimination of the disease after 70 years of its struggles against [Read more…]
The Chemo-Genomics Research Institute of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, CRIA, in collaboration with the ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, AMSH, have gained new understanding about the reasons humans are more vulnerable to infections by the new variant [Read more…]
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Readiness and Response has accused China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) of slow reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. The Geneva-based committee released its report on Tuesday. WHO Director General, [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that terrorists no longer control any part of Nigeria’s territory. The party advised Nigerians to stop politicising security issues. John Akpan Udo-Edehe, Secretary, APC Caretaker Committee, made the [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says some countries have purchased more COVID-19 vaccines that they would need. WHO Director-General, WHO, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus at a news conference in Geneva appealed to them to donate the [Read more…]
The recent emergence of COVID-19 new variants has called for concern in Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the new variant seems to have higher transmissibility. It alerted countries to boost genomic surveillance and [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said COVID-19 vaccination is no guarantee that the virus would be eradicated. WHO’s Head of Emergencies Programme, Mike Ryan, states this during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Ryan [Read more…]
A medical expert, Adetokunbo Oluwole Lucas, has died at the age of 89. He was a Professor of International Health at Harvard University, Boston. For a decade, Lucas served as World Health Organisation (WHO) Director [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned that COVID-19 (coronavirus) would not be the last pandemic in the world. WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, gave the warning in a video released to mark the [Read more…]
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has said that vaccines are the best hope of ending COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. Moeti made this known in a statement posted on [Read more…]
This picture taken on April 24, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva next to their headquarters, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Thursday expressed worries over the current surge in cases of COVID-19 in Europe. WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge expressed concern that the weekly cases now exceeded those [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has approved three African centres for disease control as specialized continental reference sequencing research laboratories for emerging pathogens. WHO in conjunction with the African Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) have [Read more…]
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have recently, launched a new laboratory network that will help to prepare better responses in public health to the issue [Read more…]
The United States has announced that it would not join a global effort seeking to provide worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines. American said the project is being led by a “corrupt” World Health Organisation (WHO). [Read more…]
The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) disinfection team has assured the general public that effective measures have been taken to safeguard the place against Covid-19. The team announced that equipment used during the last disinfection project [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation and European officials on Monday said that Children in Europe and around the world must return to school under safe conditions during the pandemic. The agency held an online conference with [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has hinted that the coronavirus pandemic could last for less than two years. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said with modern technology and international cooperation, COVID-19 battle could be won [Read more…]
No fewer than 25,000 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded across Africa. This figure was disclosed by the World Health Organization, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo. The UN health agency gave the update [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm over COVID-19 research. The body said the United Nations-led initiative to speed up the development of vaccines and medications is facing a huge funding gap. The [Read more…]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the novel Coronavirus is proving exceptionally difficult to stop, as the number of cases approaches 20 million with over 700,000 deaths as at today Monday, August 10. [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has disclosed that over a “$100 billion” is needed to ensure global access to the COVID-19 vaccine when available. WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed this during a press conference in [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Sola Ogundipe The World Health Organisation, WHO, has urged travellers that have been medically determined to be at higher risk of a poor outcome if exposed to COVID-19, to embark [Read more…]
Coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed 1 million. The Africa Centre of Disease Control (CDC) gave the update on Friday. CDC confirmed that the continent has recorded 22,066 deaths. South Africa is the worst-affected country. [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 virus has not been detected in breastmilk. The United Nations agency insisted it is unlikely that it can be transmitted through breastmilk. WHO Regional Office for Africa in [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus made this known at a [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus made this known at a [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. The WHO urged governments and [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday warned the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be “lengthy” after its emergency committee met to evaluate the crisis [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: There is no “zero risks” strategy for countries easing international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and essential travel for emergencies should remain the priority, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 infections may rise during the Eid-el-Kabir holidays due to an increase in social and religious gatherings. The global health coordination agency in a statement on Thursday by WHO [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus. World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a 23 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa in the past week. [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has reacted to insinuations that the Coronavirus vaccines when available would be for the wealthy. WHO’s Head of emergency programmes, Mike Ryan, assured that the vaccine when available will be [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Thursday said more than 10,000 health workers in 40 African countries have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The pandemic is gathering pace in Africa, with some 750,000 cases [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus. Papua New Guinea has asked for World Health Organization (WHO) help after a rapidly spreading new coronavirus outbreak sparked preparations for large-scale community transmission in the [Read more…]
The World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has revealed countries with the highest coronavirus (COVID-19) death cases. Africa has recorded 15, 685 deaths due to complications arising from COVID-19. According [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is deeply concerned about the impact of coronavirus on indigenous people in the Americas, the current epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO Director-General, Dr [Read more…]
. As the deadly Coronavirus keeps having devastating effects, the World Health Organisation, (WHO) has given an update on when vaccines for the deadly Coronavirus will be ready in large quantities. According to the world [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said coronavirus vaccination could commence on a large scale by mid-2021. WHO’s Chief Scientist, Soumya Swaminathan expressed this optimism in an interview with DPA, yesterday, Newzandar News reports. Swaminathan [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that 10 countries account for 88 percent of coronavirus cases in Africa. The UN agency’s Regional Office for Africa posted the report on its Twitter account @WHOAFRO on [Read more…]
The World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has revealed countries with no COVID-19 death cases. Africa has recorded 14,386 deaths due to complications arising from COVID-19. According to the latest [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for greater access to COVID-19 detection, testing, and care among vulnerable populations grappling with the impacts of protracted conflict and humanitarian emergencies across Africa. [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 165 countries have engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility. WHO said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday that [Read more…]
. The World Health Organisation, WHO has announced that people older than 60 years should wear medical-grade face masks when they go out and cannot observe social distancing. WHO advises people over the age of [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Chioma Obinna Six months into COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have urged Nigeria and the rest of the Commonwealth countries to prioritise saving of lives and to use the opportunity to prepare [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has issued a warning to countries on the reopening of schools, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Michael Ryan, a senior WHO official said reopening of schools should be based on [Read more…]
The World Health Organization has said that there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in a series of tweets via its official [Read more…]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic is “accelerating and getting worse” as lockdown measures are being relaxed in several countries in the world. Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Boston Edogi Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) brought the entire world almost to a standstill and state of confusion. However, many countries’ leaders, teams and World Health Organization (W. H.O) [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Announces plans to evaluate world response By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Thursday, said it would be reviewing the transmission mode of the ongoing COVID-19 as new evidence [Read more…]
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