UN aircrew member severely injured in Israeli airstrike on Yemen
A UN aircrew member was among those who were wounded after Israeli forces pounded Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport The aircrew...
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WHO describes ‘appalling’ conditions at northern Gaza hospital amid Israeli hostilities
A humanitarian team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has reached one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, describing the...
WHO sends experts to DRC to investigate mysterious disease after multiple deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it is deploying a team of experts to the Democratic Republic...
WHO warns of strained healthcare as displaced families return to war-torn Lebanon
As displaced families begin returning to war-torn regions of Lebanon under a tenuous ceasefire with Israel, the country’s healthcare system...
FIFA launches $50 million world cup Qatar 2022 legacy fund for global social impact
FIFA is expanding its World Cup Qatar 2022 Legacy Fund with a groundbreaking $50 million investment in social programs, in...
WHO: Nearly 230 health workers killed in Lebanon amid escalating conflict
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 226 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the onset of...
WHO condemns attack on Lebanese paramedics
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has strongly denounced a deadly assault by Israel on...
Global diabetes cases surpass 800 million, majority left untreated, study reveals
A recent study has revealed that over 800 million adults worldwide have diabetes, nearly double previous estimates. In 2022, around...
“Stop the Bleeding”: Doctors Without Borders trains women in first aid
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is conducting vital training in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, teaching...
WHO denounces attacks as 132 healthcare workers killed in Lebanon
At least 132 healthcare workers in Lebanon have been killed while on duty, a stark reminder of the dire situation...
Gaza polio vaccinations set to resume Saturday, health ministry assures
The second round of polio vaccinations in northern Gaza is set to resume on Saturday morning, according to Palestinian Health...
Doctors Without Borders raises concerns over missing surgeon in northern Gaza
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed deep concern over the safety and whereabouts of Dr. Mohammed Obeid, an orthopaedic surgeon....
WHO boss sounds alarm, says “situation in northern Gaza is catastrophic”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the catastrophic situation unfolding in northern Gaza, where intense military...
WHO suspends Gaza polio vaccination, gives reason
A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza has been postponed due to Israeli bombardments, mass displacement, and lack of access,...
WHO warns of high risk of cholera outbreak in Lebanon amid conflict, mass displacement
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning that the risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is "very high"...
Polio vaccination target achieved in Gaza, WHO confirms
The World Health Organization has expressed optimism that a huge polio vaccination drive in Gaza has hit its target of...
Kuwait: Health ministry announces availability of winter vaccinations
In Kuwait, the Ministry of Health has announced that winter vaccinations for winter illnesses, including influenza and lung infections, are...
WHO exceeds Polio vaccination targets in Gaza despite raging attacks by Israel
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it is ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza,...
“COVID-19 not yet over, but end in sight” — WHO
The World Health Organization has expressed hope that the years-long COVID-19 will end soon. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed...
WHO delivers new COVID-19 examination kits to Gaza
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has delivered five new coronavirus testing kits to the Health Ministry in the besieged Gaza...
One million Covid-19 deaths a very sad milestone — WHO
The World Health Organization has said that one million deaths from COVID-19 was “a very sad milestone”. The WHO spokeswoman...
WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo
The World Health Organization has warned of the likelihood of Ebola spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic...
WHO seeks global action to combat frightening rates of sepsis
WHO seeks global action to combat frightening rates of sepsis The World Health Organization has sought a global action against...
WHO donates 21 oxygen concentrators to boost COVID-19 response in Liberia
The World Health Organization in Liberia Country Office has donated 21 pieces of oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health...
WHO warns of lengthy Coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization on Saturday warned that the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be "lengthy" after its emergency committee...
WHO calls for support of ‘COVAX’ vaccine scheme
The World Health Organization has urged countries to support COVAX vaccine scheme. While calling for the support on Thursday July...
WHO sets up committee to re-examine COVID-19 emergency status.
The World Health Organisation has set up a committee to re-examine COVID-19 status globally. While disclosing this on Tuesday July...
Africa records 15,000 COVID-19 deaths ― WHO
The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says Africa has recorded over 15,000 COVID-19 deaths. The...
Covid-19: WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region records remarkable recovery
World Health Organization has announced that more than one million patients in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region have...
Nigeria: Foreign Affairs minister receives WHO Representative to address pandemic, health challenges
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama has received the new World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo...
WHO appoints 2 women to lead pandemic panel
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has appointed former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen...
WHO donates equipment, transport facilities to Zambian Ministry of Health
The WHO Country Office in Zambia has continued working jointly with other United Nations Agencies and other partners to strengthen...
WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne spread of Covid-19
The World Health Organization has acknowledged evidence emerging of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus. This was disclosed on...
WHO urges strong COVID-19 safety measures as African countries resume air travel
The World Health Organization has urged African countries to to put strong safety measures in places following the reopening of...
WHO expects first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
The World Health Organization would soon get results from its clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be...
WHO reports over one million Covid-19 cases in Eastern Mediterranean Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed more than one million cases of COVID-19 in the 22 countries of WHO's...
Covid-19: WHO urges constant vigilance in Africa as cases top 200,000
World Health Organization has cautioned and urged constant vigilance in Africa as COVID-19 cases accelerates and top 200,000 cases including...
Facebook fires employee who protested inaction on Trump posts
Facebook has dismissed one of its staff who had questioned Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The decision was taken after the...
WHO sets to renew relationship with US
The World Health Organization has said that it is still interested in collaborating with the United States. The UN health...
Opinion | COVID 19: Why Investing in Health is Critical to Global Development
One minute you are reading about pioneering medical technology behind the implanting of bionic eyes to restore sight to blind...
US terminates relationship with WHO
President Trump has announced that the US would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization. The announcement, which...
WHO launches foundation for private donations to tackle Covid-19
The World Health Organization has launched a new foundation for private donations to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. This was disclosed...
WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine as treatment for COVID-19
The World Health Organization has suspended testing of the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a potential treatment for COVID-19. This was...
Madacasgar quits WHO, urges other African countries to follow suit
Madacasgar president, Andry Rajoelina on Friday 15th May 2020 called on Africa nations to quit World Health Organization saying that...
Covid-19 Vaccine: 8 top candidates emerge, WHO appeals for more funding
The World Health Organization chief has disclosed that there are about seven to eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to...
Covid-19: UN, WHO redeploy personnel to rescue people in Kano
Following the pandemic ravaging the northern part of Nigeria, the United Nations and the World Health Organisation have redeployed 3,000...
WHO opposes issuance of immunity passport
The idea for the immunity passport or a back-to-work pass is that if you've been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Covid-19: WHO warns against distraction from other health issues
The World Health Organization has urged that countries should not allow the unprecedented pandemic prevent them from maintaining efforts on...
YouTube opposes 5G theory, bans contents contrary to WHO advice
In an effort to prevent spread of misinformation about coronavirus, YouTube has begun banning of any coronavirus-related contents that lack...
WHO predicts 10 million coronavirus cases in Africa
The World Health Organization has predicted a worst-case scenario cornovirus infections in Africa. In a provisional modeling released on Friday...
COVID-19 : WHO partners other groups, delivers supplies to Africa
The World Health Organization has worked closely with the World Food Programme, the African Union, national governments and the Jack...
WHO expresses regret over Trump’s withdrawal of funding
The World Health Organization has expressed regret over the decision of the U.S president to withdraw from funding the body...
WHO blasts French doctors for racist remarks
World Health Organization’s Chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has angrily blasted the French doctors who suggested that Africa could be perfectly...
WHO urges countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic as the defining global health crisis of our time, and...
WHO, key health organizations, collaborate to fight COVID-19
World Health Organization, Kenyan Health Ministry, African Union and United Nations have come together in a meeting held in Nairobi,...
WHO declares coronavirus public health emergency
By Muizat Hameed The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency worthy...
Expert says hepatitis B,C vaccines can prevent cancer later in life
By Muizat Hameed A Nigerian medical doctor, Dr. Idris Ola , during an interview with Punch Newspaper on Thursday, has...