By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri -. World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Borno State Government have flagged off a 10-day vaccination campaign on fIPV and nOPV across the 27 local government areas in the state. The fIPV which stands for Fractional doses of the Inactivated Poliovirus...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General made the call during an online media conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports diphtheria to be an acute and highly...
Rep. Amobi Ogah, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Sunday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on malaria. He gave the charge in a statement he issued to commemorate the 2023 World Mosquito Day. The World...
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By GRACE AUDU (Health Correspondent) – The World Health Organization (WHO), shared on Monday its latest guidance on sexually transmitted infections (STI) at the STI & HIV 2023 World Congress taking place in Chicago, the United States of America, on 24-27 July 2023. With STIs on the rise, WHO...
On the eve of World Drowning Prevention Day, the European Regional Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlighted the urgency of raising awareness on drowning. As a public health issue, this has killed an estimated 20,000 people annually in the European region. “Most of us rarely, if ever,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed the spike in dengue fever to global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation, and longer period of drought. Dr Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s Head of the Global Programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases told journalists at the UN in Geneva on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) says diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, urging Nigerians to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated against the disease with the prescribed three doses of the pentavalent vaccine. The WHO Emergency Manager in charge of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer research agency on Friday classified the commonly used artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to human”. Although, another UN Committee reaffirmed that there was a safe daily level of consumption. The joint assessment from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organisation (WHO) has distributed 60 Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) kits components to six partnering Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for the management of malnutrition cases in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states The WHO Emergency Manager in charge of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states,...
UN humanitarian agencies on Monday said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Liesbeth Aelbrecht, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager for the greater Horn of Africa emergency, said in a statement that children in the...
The World Health Organizations, (WHO) has called on governments, partners, and all stakeholders to mobilise support at district, national and regional levels to invest in strengthening and sustaining blood programs. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO, Regional Director for Africa, made the call in a massage to mark 2023 year’s World...
The Nasarawa State Council of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has given Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the State a 21-day ultimatum to address welfare issues concerning their members or face a strike action. Dr. Peter Attah, NMA Chairman in the state, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in...
Prof. Isaac Adewole, a former Minister of Health, Nigeria, says many people are unaware that contact bleeding especially during bleeding or just after sexual intercourse can be early sign of cervical cancer. Adewole, Co-Founder, African Cancer Coalition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday in ...
By GRACE AUDU – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), have signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration, designed to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of...
World Health Organization (WHO) says it appreciates a new funding commitment by United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care to support Nigeria in strengthening her health workforce. The grant amounting to £2 million (about (N1,2 billion) will cover two years period to support Nigeria to optimise the performance,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) say 43 countries, including Nigeria, now face outbreaks as increasing numbers of cholera cases are being reported. They said the outcome for patients was worse than 10 years ago. The UN agencies, in a statement on Friday, said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – World Health Organization (WHO) has organized a 5-day training workshop on Emergency Coordination/Preparedness Response for 98 public health emergency personnel drawn from the 27 LGAs, development partners and public health organizations in Borno State. The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Profeasor Mohammed Alhaji Arab,...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says one pregnant woman or newborn dies every seven seconds as global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies, has flatlined for eight years. WHO, in a new report published on Tuesday, attributed the increase in maternal and newborn deaths to decreasing...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has emphasised the importance of maintaining clean and safe health through proper and frequent washing of hands to reduce the risk of infections and ensure healthy living. Dr Tochi Okwor, Assistant Director, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), NCDC, said this...