The World Health Organisation is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically slashing its budget, a media report indicated today. As the United Nations health agency has been bracing for the planned full US withdrawal next January, it has gradually shrunk its two-year budget...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday listed Nigeria among the eight countries likely to run out of supply of HIV treatments soon. This is as the Trump administration’s decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has “substantially disrupted” supply of HIV treatments in the countries, reports Channels TV. The global health agency said that Nige...
Argentina said today it will pull out of the World Health Organisation, following in the footsteps of the United States and citing similar complaints over the UN body’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic. President Javier Milei’s spokesman announced the decision two weeks after President Donald Trump, an ideological ally and hero of the Argen...
•Director-General, WHO, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus The World Health Organisation has expressed regret over the announcement that the United States intends to withdraw from the organisation, reports The PUNCH. The global health body pleaded with the US to reconsider the decision. WHO made this known in a statement on its X account today, emphasisin...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised against travel or trade restrictions because of the outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in some parts of the world. It also canvassed mask-wearing in crowded or poorly ventilated places and regular hand-washing as some measures against the virus. HMPV often leads to upper respiratory infecti...
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says about 21.3 million people are currently on antiretroviral treatment, raising their life expectancy in the African subregion. This is as the global health body said Botswana (silver tier status) and Namibia (bronze tier status), meanwhile, have both been recognized for notably curbing mother-to-child HIV...
•Matshidiso Moeti As Africa faces a significant rise in diabetes cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning about the urgent need for action to combat this “silent killer.” According to the Global Health Organisation, over 24 million adults in Africa are currently living with diabetes, with half of them unaware of their [&...
•Mpox The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the first time prequalified an Mpox vaccine. •Mpox vaccine The announcement came on the heels of the arrival of the first MVA-BN vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of the epidemic. DRC has recorded nearly 22,000 cases and 716 deaths linked to the virus […]
•Wrapped body of a patient who died of coronavirus (Covid-19) Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining...
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said today, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained “unacceptably high”. The United Nations health agency’s latest report on alcohol and health said alcohol causes nearly one in 20 deaths globally each year, through drink...
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