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As the World Cancer Day 2019 is commemorated globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stressed the  need for countries to focus on eliminating one of the greatest threats to women's health – Cervical cancer.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up response to the Lassa fever outbreaks in states across Nigeria to strengthen rapid containment of the disease.  To this end, the organization  is mobilizing experts to intervene in…

As Ebola outbreak rages on in Congo, vaccine giant Merck has announced plans to ship another 120,000 doses of its  experimental vaccine to aid officials combating the virus. Associate Vice President Lydia Ogden told the…

Dr.Tedro interacting with response staff in one of the affected communities. The Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has ended his visit over the New Year to Ebola-affected areas in the…

• Expresses concerns over global rate of antibiotic resistance ABUJA - The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned of dangers associated with diabetes. WHO said persons living with the disease may go blind, suffer kidney failure,…

From Akin Jimoh, (DEVCOM) with Agency report NEW YORK - World leaders at the first-ever UN High-level meeting on TB, have agreed to mobilize US$ 13 billion a year by 2022 to implement TB prevention and care, and US$ 2 billion for…

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole at the close of the Public Private Mix (PPM) Summit for TB Control in Nigeria in Lagos yesterday, September 4, declared Nigeria's heavy burden of tuberculosis (TB) a national shame. In a…

• Only 23 countries achieve above 60 per cent rate • Nigeria among lowest countries with 17% rate WHAT A WONDERFUL WOLRD: Some mothers still deny their babies this The 2018 World Breastfeeding Week ends today August 7, amidst depressing…

• calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and all the countries involved in ending the current…

The World Health Organization (WHO) will begin distributing a paediatric (chewable) formulation of mebendazole to countries with a high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiases (intestinal worms). Mebendazole is one of the medicines…