WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS and other international agencies have raised concerns that despite progress made in reducing HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths among children, gaps still need...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over increasing risks of diseases following inactivity (lack of physical exercise) among adults estimated at 1.8 billion. It...
…Names countries earlier detected The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of medicines that are used for treatment...
…As Health Workers Rollout Immunization Campaign – WHO In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new...
Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, and partners have announced major new policy, programmatic and financial commitments, including nearly US$600 million in new funding, to eliminate cervical cancer....
Nigeria has introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization system, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls – the largest number in a single...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said 51 new cases of Circulating Variant Polio Virus (cVPV2) have been detected in Nigeria from January to August 13...
The relevance of traditional medicine has come to the fore as the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to convene the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and...
World Health Organization and UNICEF have revealed that global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped...
The current outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) have caused devastation in animal populations, including poultry, wild birds, and some mammals, and harmed farmers’ livelihoods and...
The United Nations has raised concerns over increasing stage of hunger globally citing that an estimated 735 million people are currently facing hunger, compared to 613...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the appointment of Dr Vanessa Kerry as the first-ever Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. Dr Kerry,...
