WHO, COVID-19 deaths About 18.3 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in the African region are among people with diabetes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. This was contained in a statement issued ahead of the World Diabetes Day, commemorated on November 14 annually to create awareness about the disease. Read Also: JUST IN: … Read more
Council The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new Council on the Economics of Health for All to put “Health for All” at the centre for value creation and economic growth. The information is in a statement from WHO headquarters in Geneva on Friday. It stated that the council would be led by economists … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday said diabetes is responsible for 18.3 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Africa. In a statement issued from its regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, the global health body said its conclusion was based on COVID-19 analysis of 14 countries. It said the results showed that risk of COVID-19 … Read more
Assembly The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told Member States on Monday that efforts to tackle climate change and poverty had been set back by a lack of global unity since major agreements were struck five years ago, Addressing the World Health Assembly, which resumed proceedings on Monday after its annual … Read more
NOVEMBER 9, 2020 The Director-General of the World Health Organization has hailed as “encouraging” Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement on Monday that their vaccine has in trials proved 90-percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. The two pharmaceutical companies said the vaccine they have jointly developed had during Phase 3 trials provided protection to nearly all patients … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a guidance for clinicians and healthcare decision-makers on the use of Corticosteroids for patients with severe COVID-19. In a statement on Wednesday, Corticosteroids are listed in the WHO model list of essential medicines, readily available globally at a low cost. Read Also: Suspected Ritualist Forced To Eat Faeces … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised the need for effective COVID-19 prevention plans as countries reopen their economies and borders. Its Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, gave the advice during a news briefing from Geneva on Monday. Read Also: Edo Election: Police Will Remain Apolitical, Says IGP Ghebreyesus said he had observed the eagerness of … Read more
The World Health Organisation has declared Africa free of the wild polio virus following zero records of new cases since 2016. According to the United Nations specialised agency on public health, its described the feat as “one of the greatest achievements in public health history.” During the raving period of the polio virus hundreds of … Read more
We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Data Analyst Ref No: 2003420 Location: Abuja Schedule: Full-time Grade: No grade Contractual Arrangement: Special Services Agreement (SSA) Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 6 Months Purpose of the Position WHO is supporting the government of Nigeria in her response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. There is … Read more
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says though every one faces one or two challenges but throughout countries COVID-19 has been the scariest and most strength consuming challenge. Tedros said this is because the respiratory disease passes relatively easily between people. The DG spoke on Tuesday in Geneva during the … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the novel Coronavirus is proving exceptionally difficult to stop, as the number of cases approaches 20 million with over 700,000 deaths as at today Monday, August 10. Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme, speaking during a news conference in Geneva … Read more
.The world health organization announced on Wednesday that 43 experts will be sent to South Africa in support to curtain the spread of coronavirus outbreak. In statements released by the WHO, the first team of experts from WHO, who will assist South Africa in its fight against coronavirus, is set to arrive in the country … Read more
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long, with some countries requiring a reset of strategy. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected … Read more
Since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic globally, many scientists in the world have been conducting several clinical trials to produce the vaccine that will cure people of the virus. Russia has now announced the successful completion of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine test. It says it has successfully carried out a human trial of the … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in closed and improperly ventilated indoor settings is possible. Short-range aerosol transmission, particularly in specific indoor locations such as crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces over a prolonged period of time with infected persons cannot be ruled out, the UN health body … Read more
The World Health Organization, (WHO) in Congo, Brazzaville has released a list showing countries without COVID-19 death cases. According to the report, the pandemic is rising fast in Africa with a total number 444,983 COVID-19 cases and 10,847 deaths have also been recorded across different countries in Africa. In a similar development, Africa has also … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reacted to a video of a Cameroonian medical doctor Kameni Pierre, claiming to have been healed of Coronavirus by Prophet TB Joshua via his church channel, Emmanuel TV. The gynecologist and obstetrician who claimed to have suffered Coronavirus, said he received his healing after he called in for prayers … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an advisory on the use of face mask during work out. The global health organisation warned people against wearing masks while exercising, saying masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. WHO gave the admonition on Wednesday in an update of its Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an advisory … Read more
Six months on from the novel coronavirus outbreak, the WHO said Monday it was sending a team to China to work towards finding the source – as it warned the pandemic was far from over. And the World Health Organization warned that in an atmosphere of global division and politicisation of the COVID-19 crisis, it … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported 183,020 COVID-19 cases, the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. The biggest increase was from North and South America with over 116,000 new cases, according to WHO daily report. Overall in the pandemic, the WHO reported 8,708,008 cases — 183,020 in the … Read more