The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, stated this on Wednesday during an online media conference. According to him, the true death toll is estimated to be at least three times higher. Ghebreyesus emphasised that…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that approximately 846 million people aged 15-49 are living with genital herpes infections, accounting for more than one in five of this age group globally. WHO in a statement, said the report was according to new estimates, released on Wednesday. It said at least one person every second,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 2.2 billion cases of malaria have been prevented since the year 2000 through risk education, use of mosquito nets and vaccinations. In a report published in Geneva on Wednesday, WHO said in the process around 12.7 million deaths have been averted. Seventeen countries now routinely vaccinate young…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has donated a newly constructed Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plant to Bauchi state government. UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, said his during the handing-over of the facility on Tuesday at the General Hospital Azare, in Katagum Local Government Area of the state. She said the realisation…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Health, has trained 200 community-based volunteers to respond to the M-pox outbreak in parts of the state. The volunteers, selected from endemic Local Government Areas (LGAs), were trained on Monday in Calabar on ways to halt the disease’s spread. Mrs…
Nigeria has joined 76 other countries to become a beneficiary of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC). The initiative is aimed at increasing the survival rate of children with cancer globally to at least 60 per cent by 2030 while reducing their suffering and improving their quality of life. The…
Residents of Mali’s northern town of Tinzaouaten, who were caught in the crossfire battle between Tuareg rebels and the army backed by Russian mercenaries, now face disease outbreaks and drone attacks. This situation has prompted many people to move to Algeria. Tuareg rebels are in control of the town in Mali’s vast northern desert, and…
United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with implementing partners have developed a road map for revolutionising education and shaping children future in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plan was unveiled at the end of a groundbreaking meeting on ”Education Roadmap and 2025-2027 Priorities” for…
The Afghanistan Health Ministry on Monday announced that Afghanistan has begin another polio vaccination campaign to protect over 5.3 million children under 5. The Ministry spokesman, Dr Sharafat Zaman said in a statement that the three-day campaign which is the fifth this year will cover 11 of the country’s 34 provinces The official urged religious…
A total of 70 suspected cholera cases and one death have been recorded in the Kariba District of Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province since a new outbreak began in November. The Ministry of Health and Child Care in a statement, said as part of the response, 1,007 out of a targeted 2,553 people in the district…
