Encourage women indulge in exclusive breast-feeding of their children A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations children Fund (UNICEF), and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has revealed that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents from misleading information. […]
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Moeti gave the tribute on the official twitter account of the WHO Regional Office for Africa @WHOAFRO on Tuesday. The regional director also commended Africans for […]
The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China, in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic. But the WHO’s chief critic, the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump, decried […]
The WHO has warned coronavirus ‘may never go away’ and that mankind will have to learn to live with the disease in the same way it adjusted to HIV.Dr Mike Ryan, director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies programme, was asked yesterday how long it might take before we emerge on the other side of COVID-19. […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rejected claims by Tanzanian President John Magufuli that coronavirus tests in his country had been faulty. WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti rejected the claim at a media briefing on Thursday. READ ALSO: 80,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported daily – WHO “We are convinced that the tests … are […]
The Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says since the beginning of April, an average of 80,000 new cases of COVID-19 are being reported daily. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed the figure in his speech at a news conference in Geneva. READ ALSO: COVID-19 confirmed cases in Africa rise to over 51,000 […]
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated that the group believes the novel coronavirus is “natural in origin”. Dr Michael Ryan responded today to comments by US President Donald Trump, who said he has seen information that the virus may have emerged from a virology institute in China. Ryan said WHO teams […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot be re-infected. In a “Scientific Brief” released from its headquarters in Geneva on Saturday and posted on its website, WHO warned against propagating the idea of COVID-19 ‘immunity passport’. READ ALSO: Donald Trump cuts daily briefing short after […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency in the fight against the coronavirus, saying the disease “will be with us for a long time”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also warned of upward trends in Covid-19 cases in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central America and South America. He said that lifting lockdowns […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday that the “worst is yet ahead us” from the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video conference that the world must act together on a national and global scale to overcome the pandemic. He reiterated his calls for global solidarity and national […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has confirmed six cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The UN’s health agency confirmed the development on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday. “They are currently six confirmed Ebola cases in Northeastern DRC in spite of ongoing insecurity in the area. “WHO […]
South Africa on Thursday expressed concern over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The South African government is very concerned and alarmed at the announcement by Trump to suspend funding for the WHO, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said in a statement. Trump announced on […]
China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than two million people globally was made in a laboratory. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in response to a question about accusations the coronavirus originated in a lab in […]
Beijing – China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than two million people globally was made in a laboratory. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in response to a question about accusations the coronavirus originated in a […]
By Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja At least, seven more patients of COVID-19 have being discharged from FCT Isolation centre in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital having fully recovered from the virus. According to FCT Covid-19 Media team, the patients were discharged late Tuesday night after satisfying all the necessary protocols preparatory to their being certified […]
Colgate-Palmolive has announced that it will support the World Health Organisation (WHO) on its #SafeHands effort, mobilising a number of its production facilities around the world to produce and donate 25 million soap bars to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the regions facing acute needs. Colgate is mobilising five of its […]
Italy’s daily death toll from the novel coronavirus epidemic fell to 542 on Wednesday, while a top public health official warned it was still too early to ease lockdown measures. It is only the second time in nearly three weeks that the daily death count has fallen under 600. On Tuesday it stood at 604, […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Office in Nigeria have applauded the efforts of healthcare professionals in Nigeria especially the frontline health workforce battling the COVID-19 pandemic on the occasion of the 2020 World Health Day. In it statement on Tuesday in Abuja by its president, Dr. Francis Adedayo Faduyile, […]
Lagos – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned consumers, healthcare professionals, and health authorities against an increasing number of falsified medical products with claim to prevent, detect, treat or cure COVID-19. WHO in a statement on Wednesday said that the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 has increased demand for medicines, […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday urged Asia-Pacific countries to brace up for a long-term battle against the coronavirus and stressed the need for nations not to let their guard down even if cases taper off. “This is a pandemic unlike the world has ever seen, and it haschanged our system and put a […]