Tag: WHO

In Nanyah's case, while antivenom was reportedly administered following the snake bite, conflicting accounts persist.

According to the Kebbi State Nutrition Office, 608 severely malnourished children died between January and September 2025 across 21 treatment ...

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

According to Nestle, the recalled products may contain cereulide, a toxin known to trigger nausea and vomiting.

The official said the outcomes represent a major boost to Nigeria’s public health response and align with the World Health ...

The summit will also announce new commitments from governments and other stakeholders, alongside a call for a global consortium to ...

According to official data, 81,797 cases of eye-related complications were recorded in 2024 alone, with cataracts identified as the primary ...

Non communicable diseases remain among the leading causes of death globally, while mental health conditions affect more than one billion ...

When these microorganisms become resistant, antimicrobial medicines, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitic drugs, no longer work effectively, making infections ...

In Nigeria, an estimated 1,230,000 units of blood are collected across various facilities each year.

World AIDS Day, observed annually on 1 December, serves as a reminder of the progress made in the global HIV ...

The report shows that about 95,000 people, most of them children under the age of five, died from measles in ...

The organisation said the continent must urgently protect hard-won gains against HIV amid a rapidly changing global funding landscape that ...

Mr Ghebreyesus said the African Region experienced a 40 per cent decline in cases and a 50 per cent reduction ...

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, will headline the Dialogue in a fireside discussion focused on Nigeria’s ...

During an inspection of True Metals, the battery-recycling plant at the centre of the investigation, the minister found workers operating ...

Ms Fasawe, however, warned that its success depends on clear protocols, structured supervision, continuous training, and strict adherence to evidence-based ...

He added that NCDs accounted for 35.4 per cent of all deaths in Africa in 2021, up from 21 per ...

As part of this support, life-saving commodities valued at $104,951 were also delivered to the NCDC.

According to WHO, AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines.

The intervention, delivered under the Equipment Support for Health Training Institutions (ESHTI) programme, was announced on Tuesday in Calabar

This groundbreaking partnership forms part of LG’s Life’s Good Care Campaign, designed to protect families and promote healthier communities nationwide.

Recent modelling, he said, shows that AMR could claim up to 39 million lives by 2050.

Some of the factories in Ogijo, once symbols of job opportunities and communal progress, have become agents of quiet destruction, ...

According to him, the 32 countries that have already rolled out the HPV vaccine are now reaching nearly half of ...