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World No Tobacco day: Introduce plain packaging
WHO urges countries
GENEVA - The world marks the World No tobacco Day today with a call by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on all countries to introduce plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products.
In a press statement, WHO…
Zika virus hits Africa
Just few months after containing the dreaded Ebola virus disease, the World Health Organization, WHO, has announced the presence of another rampaging virus, Zika, on the continent.
In a statement last Friday, WHO informed that Zika…
WHO out with first global report on diabetes
... says 422 million adults now live with it.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) today released the first WHO Global Report on Diabetes showing that the number of people living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million…
Guinea worm disease: Going, Going …
The picture of an individual with dracunculiasis or guinea worm disease, seen above, will soon be a rarity or totally non-existent on earth. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), only 22 human cases were reported globally…
WHO raises alert on highly contagious meningitis outbreaks in African countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alert on Meningitis outbreaks in some African countries saying the outbreaks have become “an enormous public health threat.”
Describing the outbreak in Nigeria as of utmost concern, the…
WHO introduces 17 sustainable goals to end poverty, hunger
GENEVA - As 2016 begins, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to begin efforts to achieve the 17 SDGs over the next 15 years, (2030). In a release to usher in the SDG, the WHO said the 17 SDG’s are aimed at ending…
WHO Africa region holds AGM
Polio, Ebola, Immunisation top agenda
By Deo Akinbo, Abuja
The 65th session of the Annual General Meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa is currently being held in N'djamena, Chad.
The meeting…
Liberia seeks US help to determine cause of new Ebola cases
Two experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are set to travel to Liberia to try to determine the cause of new Ebola cases confirmed last week, more than two months after the country had been declared free of Ebola…
Maternal deaths declines worldwide – UN Report
Latest report from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division has revealed that maternal mortality has fallen worldwide by 44% since 1990.
According to the report, maternal deaths around the world…