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The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a critical public health reminder on Friday through its social media channels, urging caution regarding food safety during power outages. The WHO's message highlights the potential…

Between 2023 and 2025, 12 nations in various parts of Africa will each receive 18 million doses of the first-ever RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine. This information was released in a press release issued jointly on Wednesday by Gavi, the…

Malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 is anticipated to be available in the nation by April 2024, according to the Federal Government. Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health, stated during a news conference held on Tuesday to mark World…

In celebrating World Health Organisation, WHO at 75, different programmes and awareness have been embarked on by the group. And one of them is, the group, WHO cautioned Nigeria and other countries to prepare for the flu pandemic by…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Nigeria and 54 other countries in its health workforce support and safeguard list are struggling with personnel shortages. The organisation said with the impact of…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths. WHO Director General, Dr Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…

World Health Organisation has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever. The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in Africa. Read…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the global community to invest in the production of vaccines to curb the spread of Monkeypox, especially in African countries. WHO Assistant Director-General for Emergencies Ibrahima Soce…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, July 26, said the rapid spread of the Monkeypox outbreak could be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups. WHO Technical Lead on Monkeypox, Dr Rosamund Lewis, said at a…

Following the confirmation of Ghana's first outbreak of the extremely contagious Marburg virus, the Federal government has activated a red alert status for the Port Health Services of the Federal Ministry of Health at the country's…

The Anambra Government has disclosed that a laboratory has been established to diagnose cases of monkeypox and other contagious disease in the state. Dr Afam Obidike, the state’s Commissioner for Health, made this disclosure  on…

Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation ruled on Saturday, June 25, although WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. Tedros said in a…

After a World Health Organization report suggested that additional research is needed into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government dismissed the hypothesis that the novel coronavirus developed from a laboratory…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned that monkeypox, a disease endemic to West and Central African countries, can be transmitted through sexual contact. Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus,…

No fewer than 602,000 people died of malaria across Africa last year, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, said this on Monday in her message to commemorate…