Tag: WHO Director-General

The WHO DG, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the affected facilities are currently operating at full capacity, noting that relocating patients from ...

As part of the disruptions, operations at WHO’s Logistics Hub for Global Health Emergencies in Dubai have been temporarily put ...

The organisation urged countries to raise and redesign taxes as part of its new 3 by 35 initiative, which aims ...

The report reveals that more than 100 million people worldwide now use e-cigarettes

Mr Ghebreyesus noted that 95 per cent of households in Gaza face severe water shortages, with daily access far below ...

He said insufficient levels of predictable funding of the WHO have hindered its ability to carry out long-term projects and ...

The statement noted that, in some countries, up to 90 per cent of individuals with severe mental health conditions received ...

Mr Ghebreyesus said the countries which includes Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Ukraine could soon ...

The study estimates that nearly 880 million adults and 159 million children lived with obesity in 2022.

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 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 ...

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

He said as much as lasting solutions are required to end the wars wherever they may be happening, the only ...

“We have 185 days to finish the line of achieving 70 per cent by the start of July 2022, and ...