World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that without urgent interventions, widespread hearing loss, which disproportionately affects poor and vulnerable populations, will continue to escalate, amplifying existing inequalities in health services access across Africa.

The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. While more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into declaring a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the spread of…

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, that the increasing spread of Mpox in Africa is a global health emergency and warned that the virus might ultimately spread across international borders. According to AFP, the announcement by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came after a meeting of the U.N. health agency’s…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) deems unsafe abortion as one of the preventable causes of maternal mortality as statistics indicate

The 77th World Health Assembly (WHA) is set to commence tomorrow, with deliberation on the pandemic agreement aimed at strengthening

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024 to combat the growing threat of

The concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the WHO Pandemic Agreement are, indeed, valid and warrant serious attention as we near the conclusion of discussions. The Agreement has been weakened during the negotiating process, losing important components related to enforcement and accountability. What was originally intended to be a strong framework for fair access to health resources today runs the risk of becoming a paperweight, unable to even impose its own rules.

More than 50 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Ahead of World Health Day 2024, tomorrow, April 7, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Nigeria and so many other developing countries may not be able to meet the 2030 target for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), because the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat. The WHO, in a statement,…

A new report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes.

Growing patronage of poor lifestyle habits and other abuses are exposing more than 27 million Nigerians to chronic renal diseases, kidney failure, and deaths.