Tag: WHO
World Malaria Day 2021: WHO Saddened By The 384,000 Preventable Malaria Deaths In Africa in 2020.
Emeka AmakorApr 26, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti has raised alarm over the astronomical rise in the death toll of preventable malaria...
WHO denies excluding Nigeria from global vaccine bid
The World Health Organization (WHO) has debunk media reports that it excluded Nigeria from countries that will receive Covid-19 vaccine in February due to the...
2021 World Cancer Day: WHO decries Rapid Increase Of Cancer Cases In Africa
Emeka AmakorFeb 04, 2021
The alarming surge in cancer cases which has more than doubled from 338,000 reported in 2002 to almost 846,000 in 2020 over the past 20 years in the African Region...
WHO Unveils 10-Year Roadmap To Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases
Emeka AmakorJan 29, 2021
The World Health Organisation has announced its intervention aimed at tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) which thrive in areas where access to quality health...
COVID-19 compounds health emergency operations in Northeast— WHO
The Country representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), Walter Kazadi Mulombo has said the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded Grade 3 health emergency...
Over 10,000 health workers infected in Africa – WHO
Over 10,000 health workers have been infected with COVID-19 in Africa so far. The World Health Organization (WHO) said this on Thursday, at a virtual media briefing. WHO...
COVID-19: 19 vaccines in clinical trials, says WHO
The World Health Organisation says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed...
WHO chief says COVID-19 pandemic still accelerating
The World Health Organization has said the novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating, and its effects will be felt for decades WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom...
COVID-19: WHO stops hydroxychloroquine clinical trial
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has stopped hydroxychloroquine solidarity trial for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In a tweet published on its verified...
World’s poor live in India, Nigeria and DRC – WHO
43% of the world’s poor people live in three countries, including India, with 24%, Nigeria with 12% and the Democratic Republic of Congo with 7%. The World Bank said...
