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.

World Health Organisation has warned that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) might lead to 10 million deaths by 2050 if its high global burden is not checked.

• Scientists claim deaths from killer viruses in animals will soar due to climate change • Monkeypox virus evolving to be better at infecting people, analysis finds • WHO warns dengue fever, painful mosquito-borne disease will become major threat this decade Scientists have warned that the next pandemic could be the most contagious deadliest disease…

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday selected the daughter of Bangladesh's prime minister to be its South-East Asia director, a month after she rejected criticisms of nepotism over her application.

• Govt promises access to quality health, UHC actualisation World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to ensure implementation of the five strategic objectives of the Global Strategy and Action plan on Ageing to improve health and socioeconomic outcomes for older persons in Nigeria. The global agency noted that despite spare data…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said many Nigerians still face lots of barriers in accessing services in conventional hospitals and health facilities. It, therefore, called for effective implementation of the self-care policy launched by the organisation in 2019 and adopted by Nigeria. According to WHO, the policy will help the Federal Government put in place…

The Federal Government said it will reduce the importation of drugs in the country from 60 to 40 percent in order to promote the local manufacturing of drugs. Special Adviser to the President on Health, Salma Anas-Ibrahim disclosed this at a workshop in Abuja. The workshop was organised to strengthen the World Health Organisation (WHO)…

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2023 World Food Safety Day on Thursday, Dr Walter Mulombo, Country Representative of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria says about 420,000 people die yearly around the world from food contamination. Dr Mulombo said this in Abuja at the commemoration organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WHO and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) with the theme: “Food Standards Save Lives”.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expanded the list of ‘Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) best buys’. The updated list was approved, this week, at the 76th World Health Assembly, a move that will support governments to select lifesaving interventions and policies for the world’s biggest killers, NCDs.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to countries all across the world to be prepared for a disease even much deadlier than the Coronavirus (COVID-19).