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Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). These deaths occurred as measles…

Inter-ministerial Technical Secretariat, UN partners, health ministry condemn violence New vaccines arrive In another round of violence since the world's second-worst Ebola epidemic hit DR Congo  epidemic, a community…

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health care workers must stay alert, vigilant and careful. An Ebola infection could find them before they realize it is circulating within a patient who just came…

Targets 18 million children below 15 years Uganda today begins a 5-day immunization campaign against measles and rubella, targeting 18 million children –  which amounts to 43% of the country’s population. Among them, 8.2…

WHO launches first World report on vision shows 1 billion cases could have been prevented or have yet to be addressed More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment  because they do not get the care they…

as Save The Children launches 'INSPIRING' project In a bid to save children from the scourge of pneumonia now rated as the second biggest killer of under-5 children worldwide, Save The Children International has commenced the…

Countries across the Africa region marked the first ever World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2019, a day set aside by world leaders at the 72nd World Health Assembly to create awareness on patient safety and commitment towards…

Government tells WHO The United Republic of Tanzania has formally notified  the World Health Organization (WHO) that there are no cases of Ebola virus disease in the country. This followed earlier rumours of the death of one…

By Bankole Opeyemi The world is off track in its bid to achieve Universal Health Coverage in 2030, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Gbebreyesus, said on Tuesday. In a statement released on the WHO’s…

ABUJA –  As the rainy season reaches its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are strengthening early warning and reporting mechanisms for prompt detection and containment of…