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The Madagascar ‘covid-19 cure’ credence scrutiny – A letter to WHO
By Segun Alade MBA, FCA Dear WHO, This is cheering you and saying well done for what you have done so far...
COVID-19: Drama as Benue woman index case refuses third test in Nigeria
…insists on being tested by WHO says Minister Mrs Susan Idoko, the index case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Benue State, who...
WHO to begin drug trial in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, FCT, others — Minister
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to carry out COVID-19 treatment regimen solidarity trial in Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano...
COVID-19 cure: FG says signing up for WHO drug trials
…don’t reject patients seeking medical help, FG tells hospitals In the desperate search for COVID-19 cure, the Federal Government says it has...
COVID-19: 8 of 102 vaccines are for human trial, says WHO
At least 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed....
Heritage Bank, WHO canvass COVID-19 high-tech fight, attention for malaria scourge
…want elimination of the life-threatening disease by 2030 Amid growing concerns that the current high-tech fight against COVID-19 pandemic might douse malaria...
As Covid-19 spreads, WHO says the worst of it has not hit us yet
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the...
Coronavirus: Redefining the intersections of global health politics and economy
By Olukayode Oyeleye Two months since the beginning of last December, a number of truths have been unshackled from the forces of...
Trump halts funding to World Health Organization, consider alternative to global health body
President Donald Trump Tuesday said the United States will stop funding the World Health Organization until his administration completes a review of...
5G mobile network cannot spread coronavirus, WHO clarifies
Amid speculations and controversies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says 5G mobile network cannot escalate or spread Coronavirus. It insisted that...
Malnutrition: How RUTF saved 3-year-old Modu from the brink of death
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh 3-year-old Adamu Modu (not real name), was left in the care of his grandfather, Modu Baba, an octogenarian from...
Measles cases worldwide have tripled this year – WHO
Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that...
Nigeria celebrates 3 years of being polio free
Nigeria will begin filing documentation towards the final certification that will declare the West African country polio free, three years after a case...
WHO declares Ebola outbreak international emergency as dead patient suspected of going to Uganda, Rwanda
The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday declared that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which surfaced in August...
91 million Africans consume contaminated foods annually- WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has disclosed that annually, an estimated 91 million people in Africa consume contaminated food which renders them ill....
Nigeria accelerating progress towards universal health coverage – Minister
Universal health coverage was the central message at the opening of the 71st World Assembly of World Health Organization, WHO, in Geneva, Switzerland, with...
