160,000 children infected with HIV in 2021 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says up to 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2021. According to ...
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WHO raises alarm over fresh Ebola outbreak in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has confirmed the resurgence of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to ...
91 million Africans suffering from deadliest hepatitis – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed in its scorecard, that more than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B ...
WHO holds emergency meeting as Monkeypox cases rise
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called a meeting to discuss rising cases of Monkeypox. This is as the tropical ...
World Malaria Day: 200,000 deaths recorded in Nigeria – WHO
Today is World Malaria Day (WMD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), has said malaria killed no fewer than 200,000 ...
COVID-19: WHO recommends Pfizer’s Paxlovid
The World Health Organisation said earlier today that it “strongly recommended” Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder ...
Women using firewood face health risks – WHO
On a sunny afternoon in Dukpa village, a community at Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a ...
NAFDAC gets WHO maturity level 3 cert., plans vaccine production
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured World Health Organisation (WHO)'s maturity level three ...
WHO says Omicron COVID variant now in 23 countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in at least 23 countries. ...
7 things to know about the new NCDC boss, Ifedayo Adetifa
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ...