WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19
WHO has recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet more options…
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes, cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
Says high prices and low availability still a major barrier for patients’…
Work-related accidents, illnesses kill close to 2m people annually – UN warns
Work-related illnesses and injuries kill nearly two million people annually, largely due…
NCDC DG Chikwe Ihekweazu appointed Assistant DG of WHO
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe…
West Africa Covid-19 deaths surge amid Ebola and other outbreaks
West Africa has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the…
Africa may be left behind in COVID-19 vaccination – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Africa is in danger…
Biden restores America’s ties with WHO
The United States of America is set to play its leading role…
WHO secures 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines
deliveries expected to begin next month Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, says the…
Africa eradicates wild poliovirus
The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared…
We hope to be done with COVID-19 in less than 2 years – WHO boss
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed hope that the coronavirus pandemic…
POLIO: Buhari congratulates Nigerians on WHO certification
Africa’s wild polio-free status to be determined in August President Muhammadu Buhari…
Nigeria yet to meet up to 10% of blood need, says Haematologist on World Blood donor Day
Transfusion service to convert commercial blood donors to voluntary Lagos requires 260,000…
US cuts ties with WHO
President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was severing the United States’…
WHO declares COVID-19 as a pandemic
Says it would be the first pandemic in history to be controlled.…
COVID-19: UNICEF urges public to seek information from trusted sources
LAGOS - As concerns increase around Covid-19 (coronavirus) globally, with information shared…
WHO declares Coronavirus outbreak a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization declared on Thursday that the novel coronavirus outbreak…
CORONAVIRUS: WHO Emergency Committee urges countries to prepare for containment as death toll rises
NCDC issues Public Alert The World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Committee…
Nigeria, 11 other African countries still prone to vaccine-derived poliovirus
NPHCDA says eradication bid on track Last polio case recorded in Borno…
More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide
Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to…
Happy story of mothers who survived Ebola while pregnant
and also cuddle their babies afterwards “I put my feet on the…
Save The Children unveils INSPIRING project to fight pneumonia in Lagos, Jigawa
In a bid to save children from the scourge of pneumonia now…
Malawi launches world’s first malaria vaccine
The World Health organisation has commended Malawi for launching the world's first …
Measles cases up 300 percent in 2019, WHO says
UNICEF expresses concern More than 112,000 cases of measles already reporter this…
Partners support Nigeria HIV response
Nigeria’s response to HIV received a boost on Tuesday March 12,…
