Health

WHO urges for COVID-19 vaccine equality as it marks World Health Day

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Doosuur Iwambe,Abuja The World Health Organization, WHO has emphasised the need for global COVID-19 vaccine equality and for countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-pandemic as part of its five calls to action to mark World Health Day. The global health body said that within

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World Health Day: UN Chief, UNGA President salute healthcare workers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2020 0

United Nations -UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, have paid tribute to all healthcare workers battling the novel coronavirus around the world. In separate video messages to mark the World Health Day 2020, the top UN officials expressed gratitude to the workers for their frontline sacrifices in

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NMA canvasses free treatment for depression cases

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2017 0

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara branch has advocated free treatment by the three tiers of Government in Nigeria for patients afflicted with depression to reduce cases of suicides among Nigerians. The state chairman of the NMA, Dr. Kunle Olawepo, made the call in a statement he signed in llorin on at the weekend, commemorating […]

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Marking World Health Day

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2015 0

Yesterday, April 7, the international community marked the World Health Day. The day, which coincides with the establishment of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948, is held every year to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health. The theme of this year’s celebration “Food Safety” intends to highlight the […]