NCDC and WHO to ramp up COVID-19 testing in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and World Health Organisation will ramp up testing of coronavirus in Nigeria.…
More than 100 Countries have confirmed cases of Coronavirus globally -WHO
More than 100 Countries have confirmed cases of Coronavirus globally, this is according to the World Health Organisation, WHO.…
Cervical Cancer: The cancer killing Nigerian women
Every two minutes globally, a woman dies of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that affects the lowest part of the uterus. In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
IDP’s and mental health disorder
The World Health Organisation is reporting 320,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria’s north-east may require mental healthcare.…
Containing Nigeria’s cholera outbreak
The cholera outbreak in Northeastern Nigeria is a source of concern as Borno and Yobe States alone have recorded well over three thousand cases with 97 deaths. Dr. Clement Peter, Health Emergencies…
Playing the dangerous game
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified gaming addiction as a mental health disorder. ‘Gaming disorder’ was added to the draft of WHO’s 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD).…
8 deadly diseases by WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has released the list of deadly pathogens that have the potential to cause public health emergency.…
Choice of Mugabe as goodwill WHO envoy shocks
The appointment of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been denounced by human rights groups.…
Ebola vaccine may be ‘up to 100% effective’ – WHO
A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be "up to 100 percent effective" in protecting against the deadly virus, according to the World Health Organization.…