The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio. The declaration followed the completion of documentation for the free status. WHO regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, announced this Thursday. “Today, Nigeria’s complete documentation for Wild Polio virus-free status was accepted by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for polio eradication (ARCC). … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said it would stop hydroxychloroquine solidarity trial for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The global health agency made the announcement on its official twitter page. The development is coming three days after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rescinded its approval for the emergency use of … Read more
New mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health Organization said Friday, stressing that the benefits outweighed the risks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference that the UN health agency had thoroughly investigated the risks of women transmitting the new … Read more
The World Health Organization has turned around to expose its lies and deception of countries of the world on the false information it has been issuing on the deadliness of coronavirus. Specifically, WHO contradicted itself in the reversal of its earlier misinformation on asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus, creating fears and tendon across the world on … Read more
Nigerian government on Tuesday said it had approved the resumption of COVID-19 drug trial. Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, made this known in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19. The Minister said the approval was given after consultation with health experts who said the country has vital contributions to make to the body … Read more
The federal government on Wednesday said the World Health Organisation cannot foist its guidelines on how to fight the virulent COVID-19 scourge on Nigeria. WHO had, on Monday, said it would put on hold the solidarity trial which featured the use of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, had said the global health … Read more
Director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeleye on Tuesday said the agency will continue chloroquine clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment. Adeyeye, disclosed this when she featured on a programme on TVC. The development is coming against the backdrop of the suspension of the drug test by the … Read more
World Health Organization, WHO has warned that many countries could begin to see the ”second peak” of the Coronavirus pandemic if the lockdown restrictions are lifted too soon. WHO Head of Emergency, Mike Ryan, who issued the warning in a press conference, said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried Africa could face a “silent epidemic” if its leaders fail to prioritize testing for it. AFRICA has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus, but my first concern, is that a lack of testing is leading to a silent epidemic in the continent “So, we must … Read more
World Health Organisation, WHO on Monday said that it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure. This was made known by WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference on Monday. He said, “The Executive Group … Read more
The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the two billion dollars it committed to the World Health Organisation. It called the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijing’s failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak. READ ALSO: Mission Accomplished But We Won’t … Read more
The White House rebuked the top US health agency on Sunday, saying “it let the country down” on providing testing crucial to the battle against the coronavirus outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been under intense scrutiny since producing a faulty test for COVID-19 that caused weeks of delays in the US … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has passed a startling and damning verdict on the virulent COVID-19 infection. The international health organization has said the world may have to live perpetually with the COVID-19 infection as it is likely to become endemic like the HIV. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “The trajectory is in our … Read more
As part of its drive to find a cure for the virulent COVID-19 infection, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday announced that it had met with 70 traditional medicine experts. Announcing the meeting via its official twitter page, WHO African Region said an consensus was reached with the herbal medicine experts on clinical trials … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO), today met with 70 African traditional medicine experts to find a cure for the coronavirus pandemic. WHO African Region made this known via its Twitter account on Tuesday. The organization said they agreed with the experts agreed that clinical trials must be conducted for all medicines in the region. @WHOAFRO tweeted, … Read more
The World Health Organization on Monday hailed dwindling COVID-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but called on nations to show “extreme vigilance” as they begin loosening their restrictions. Swathes of Europe began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, with officials in countries like France and Spain emboldened by declining … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there is no proof of a cure for Covid-19 after Madagascar’s president has launched a herbal coronavirus “cure”. The country’s national medical academy (Anamem) has also cast doubt on the efficacy of Andry Rajoelina’s touted prevention and remedy. It said it had the potential to damage people’s health … Read more
The World Health Organisation has warned that Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, there was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and almost 19,000 infections across Africa so far, although these rates are far lower than those seen in … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has increased by 60 percent. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo gave the update in a “COVID-19 Situation Report” posted on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. “Over the past week, there has been a 51 … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organisation, WHO, while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.” Trump’s announcement came in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he … Read more