Planned US-Funded Baby Vaccine Trial In Guinea-Bissau Blasted By WHO
A NOW-HALTED plan to run a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving thousands of newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been criticised by the World Health.
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Four Out Of Every 10 Cancer Cases Are Preventable – WHO
A GLOBAL analysis released this week by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that up to four in every ten new cancer cases.
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Hunger Crisis In Gaza Is ‘Catastrophic’ Despite Ceasefire, WHO Chief Says
THE hunger crisis in Gaza remains “catastrophic” two weeks after the ceasefire took effect, the UN’s health agency has warned, as international aid.
International
WHO Details Harrowing Scenes Of Gaza Horrific Trauma Patients
A WORLD Health Organization (WHO) representative in Gaza has described harrowing scenes amid efforts to supply hospitals, many decimated or fully destroyed by.
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Almost One Billion People Face Mental Health Conditions, WHO Warns
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that almost 1 billion people face mental health conditions, calling on governments to take decisive steps.
Africa
WHO Says Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo Kills 31
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 31 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this month..
Africa
Cholera Kills 4,738 Globally, Africa Bears Brunt With 3,700 Deaths – WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that cholera deaths are climbing worldwide even as the number of recorded cases falls, noting what.
International
Trump Pulls United States From World Health Pandemic Reforms
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration said Friday the United States was rejecting changes agreed last year for the World Health Organization on its pandemic.
Africa
Children Killed In ‘Appalling’ Sudan Hospital Attack, WHO Head Laments
“ANOTHER appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head.
Africa
Flavored Tobacco Products Luring African Youths To Addiction, Death, WHO Reveals
MARKING the World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all.
International
Trucks With Medical Aid Must Be Allowed Into Gaza, WHO Insists
A TOP World Health Organization official deplored Monday that none of the agency’s trucks with medical aid had been allowed to enter the.
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‘It’s A Painful Decision’, Like UN, WHO Set To Sack Workers
THE World Health Organization chief acknowledged Tuesday that US funding cuts had left the UN agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it.
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Nigeria Missing From WHO Vaccine Approval List Over Lack Of Infrastructure
NIGERIA is missing from the list of countries on track to secure the World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccine approval due to low capacity.
International
Five Years Ago, WHO’s Pandemic Call Shook World Into Action
FIVE years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic — a moment when the world finally woke.
Africa
Tanzania Confirms Marburg Virus Outbreak After Initial Denial
TANZANIA’s president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were.
Africa
Tanzania Denies Suspected Marburg Outbreak After WHO Alert
TANZANIA has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of.
Africa
WHO Raises The Alarm Over Suspected Marburg Virus Outbreak In Tanzania
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over a suspected outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Tanzania, particularly in the Kagera.
Africa
Infections, Malaria, Malnutrition Behind DR Congo Deaths – WHO
MALARIA and common respiratory infections, compounded by malnutrition, caused an hitherto unexplained spate of deaths in the southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the.
Africa
Africa’s Incoming Health Boss, Faustine Ndugulile Dies Aged 55
THE incoming regional director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, just three months after he was.
Africa
Egypt Historically Declared Malaria Free By World Health Organization
EGYPT has been certified as malaria free, with the World Health Organization (WHO) calling the achievement “truly historic” and the culmination of nearly.