Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

Mr Muhammed explained that Mpox is a zoonotic infection that affects animals and can be transferred to humans.

Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said he has agreed to facilitate the evacuation ...

Yobe, Borno and Taraba states topped the infection chart, followed by Cross River and Katsina states.

The NCDC also confirmed that no fewer than 110 suspected cases of monkeypox had been reported in the country.

The travel advisory, which is in eight categories, will take effect from December 14.

“We plead with the public to come to our aid. We need help to raise these babies God has blessed ...

Mosquirix is not just the first approved vaccine for malaria; it is also the first developed for any parasitic disease.

Concerns on domestic funding raised by the health experts build on a 2019 survey that warned that funding gaps across ...

Since 2018, 23 countries in Africa have experienced outbreaks and more than half of the global 1,071 cVDPV cases were ...

Global treatment and diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) cases witnessed a drastic decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ...

Germany, France and Italy on Monday joined a growing list of countries to temporarily suspend the administration of the AstraZeneca ...

Global Fund suspended all existing orders with the firm and moved planned orders to other contracted suppliers.

Nigeria made history through NACA with the addition of about 400,000 people living with HIV on treatment.

It took about 11 months for worldwide infections to reach 50 million but in just three more months, the figure ...

The Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, had kicked against the COVID-19 vaccination, claiming that it was meant to kill people.

While some of the infectious diseases got worse in 2020 compared to previous years, others were better managed.

More than two-thirds of the over 90 million people infected by COVID-19 across the world have recovered after treatment.

“This is a very positive step towards ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines..."

Almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life, the World Disability Report says.

"I think it could be very destructive for us all to turn this into some kind of nationalistic footrace to ...

Mr Ghebreyesus, who took over leadership of the WHO in 2017, on a promise to promote universal health coverage, said ...

Kebbi has had the highest number of malaria cases in the country for the past five years.

The vaccine offers 95 per cent protection against the virus.

The minister said antibiotics use in agriculture has consequences on human health, animal health, plant health and food safety.

Yellow fever is a vaccine-preventable disease, and a single shot provides immunity for a lifetime.