The World Health Organisation has said it will start using a new preferred term, ‘mpox’, as a synonym for monkeypox. The change of name is following...
Francis Ukwuije, Technical Officer, Health Financing, World Health Organisation, Nigeria, has blamed poor health care in Nigeria on the country’s very high out-of-pocket expenditure of more...
Only data-driven, evidence-based and enhanced technological interventions can fast-track the end of the Tuberculosis crisis in Nigeria. This assertion by the World Health Organisation confirms the...
The World Health Organisation, WHO, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for access to sick and injured people caught up in the war in Ukraine, including...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed “several attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine, causing multiple deaths and injuries. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Omicron is currently the dominant COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. On Thursday, the body said 30 African countries, and at least...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus expressed optimism at a press briefing on...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that wealthy countries may start hoarding COVID-19 vaccines again, threatening global supplies as they seek to keep up stocks...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and some virologists and infectious disease experts have disagreed over conducting a local clinical trial...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered all private schools and government institutions in the state to shut down indefinitely. The Governor also directed all public...