Tag: Tedros Ghebreyesus

“Over the coming months, we expect a range of extreme weather events, including drought, flood, hurricane, and heat wave, all ...

As of 8 May, WHO said over 87,000 Mpox cases and 140 deaths have been reported from 111 countries.

“Meanwhile, since 2000, the number of people who experience financial hardship from out-of-pocket health spending has increased by a third, ...

“The new estimates show limited variation in the prevalence of infertility between regions.

Mpox was declared a global health emergency by the WHO in July 2022.

According to WHO, TB is the 13th leading cause of death and the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19 (above ...

Many Nigerian women are having to quit their jobs or remain unpaid to achieve exclusive breastfeeding for their babies.

The report said twice as many males than females are killed each year as a result of injuries and violence.

As of 28 November, CDC’s global data shows that 81,188 and 55 deaths have been recorded across 110 countries from ...

The report warned that measles anywhere is a threat everywhere, noting that the virus can quickly spread to multiple communities ...

The WHO boss said one in five people doesn’t have access to a toilet, and almost one in two lack ...

Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this in a statement on Friday.

While that was a positive development, too many people were still dying, the WHO chief said during a news conference.

Globally, as of 28 October 2022, there have been 626,337,158 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,566,610 deaths, reported to WHO.

The report indicates that an estimated 10.6 million people were diagnosed with TB in 2021, a 4.5 per cent increase ...

Mr Ehanire said the day is marked to sensitise the public including healthcare professionals, to ensure they carry out best ...

According to WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, medication errors account for half of all avoidable harm in medical care.

WHO said one-third of the world's population remains unvaccinated including two-thirds of health workers and three-quarters of older adults in ...

The latest NCDC data shows that the new cases have raised Nigeria’s infection toll to 260,339.

On Saturday, WHO’s Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, overruled the global health organisation's panel of advisers to make the declaration on ...

Mr Ghebreyesus noted that while infections are declining in some countries, “others are still seeing an increase and six countries ...

Mr Ghebreyesus also advised governments to implement contact tracing to help track the spread of the virus and to assist ...

WHO in its global epidemiological situation report on monkeypox, said since the beginning of May 2022, 3,040 cases have been ...

According to the global body, in 2019, nearly a billion people including 14 per cent of the world’s adolescents were ...

WHO had published guidelines on vaccination against Monkeypox and also published recommendations for governments regarding case detection and control of ...