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The World Health Organisation(WHO) has declared its commitment to support the full implementation of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act which was recently signed into law in Nigeria. The WHO Technical Officer on Health…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pointed out that Nigeria is unlikely to achieve the 2030 target of ending Tuberculosis, however, the country will start seeing some reduction in TB cases while adding that, if Nigeria does things…

Reports by World Health Organization WHO and UNICEF have revealed that global vaccination coverage has declined with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines in 2021. The report which is official data published on 14th July…

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, announced the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WHO disclosed this in a statement issued from its…

World Health Organisation (WHO) says an estimated five per cent of all cervical cancer cases are attributable to HIV globally, while women living with HIV have a six-fold increased risk of cervical cancer. WHO, in a statement posted on…

The WHO has designated 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers (YHCW). It said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday that delegates at the World Health Assembly (WHA), its decision-making body, recognised the…

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says nearly one in five COVID-19 deaths in Africa is linked with diabetes, according to a study. WHO disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday from its Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville,…

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General on Monday said efforts to tackle climate change and poverty had experienced setback because of lack of global unity. Ghebreyesus said this at the ongoing World…

The virtual session of the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) started on Monday in Geneva, with health leaders charting a course for COVID-19 and global health priorities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) made this known in a statement…

World Health Organisation (WHO) figures on Monday showed that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 50 million. A WHO dashboard showed that globally, as of 10:45 am CET (0945 GMT) on Monday, a total of 50,030,121…