As the world commemorates this year’s Suicide Prevention Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that globally, over 700,000 people commit suicide annually with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low-and-middle-income countries. WHO country representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, stated this at a press …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the federal government to strengthen routine immunisation to enable more than 24,000 babies born daily to receive all vaccines scheduled for the first two years of their lives. WHO’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, made the call at an …
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The World Health Organisation has disclosed that there have been more than 18000 cases of Monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe. So far, 98% of cases outside the countries in Africa where the virus is endemic have been reported in men who have sex with …
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A scorecard of the World Health Organisation has revealed that more than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus. The Viral Hepatitis Scorecard 2021 looks at data from the African region but focuses on Hepatitis B and C, both of …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the Monkeypox outbreak is more prevalent among men who have sex with men. This was made known on Saturday by Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general at a media briefing where he declared the multi-country Monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. “So, in …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that the multi-country monkeypox outbreak is not yet a global health emergency. The decision was made on Saturday by the emergency committee of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), regarding the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations. Monkeypox is a rare …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned that COVID-19 is not over in spite of reports that cases and deaths have declined significantly. This was stated on Sunday by Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general at the opening of the world health assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The world health assembly is the …
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