WHO, UNICEF Want Emergency Action to Avert Measles and Polio Epidemics
The World Health Organisation (WHO), a UN specialized agency responsible for international public health, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent…
COVID-19: China defends WHO, lashes out at U.S withdrawal move
China defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and lashed out at the US decision to withdraw from the UN body, adding to a litany of…
Life Expectancy In Nigeria Now 55 Years – WHO
The 2018 average life expectancy for Nigerians is now 55 years, a global data shows. According to the latest World Health Organisation data published for…
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WHO is under fire after naming Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador
The World Health Organization is under fire after it selected Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. The public health agency announced the decision…
WHO speaks on HIV resistant drug
World Health Organiation (WHO) has warned that the spread of an HIV resistant drug could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection. Director-General…
Nigerians resort to home remedies as threat of untreatable gonorrhoea looms
Gonorrhoea, the world’s most commonly reported Sexually Transmitted Infection, STI, is becoming almost untreatable and the reality of incurable gonorrhoea looms. In the face of…
Oral sex can give you untreatable ‘super gonorrhoea’ —WHO
The World Health Organisation has warned that those who engage in oral sex risk contacting what it describes as ‘super gonorrhoea.’ The untreatable strain of…
MERS is as deadly as Ebola
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is a viral respiratory illness that is new to humans. It was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has…