Tag: WHO
WHO: Tobacco kills 8m globally every year
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever faced, killing more...
WHO: One pregnant woman or baby dies every 7 seconds
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says one pregnant woman or newborn dies every seven seconds as global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women,...
WHO: One woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy, childbirth
A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other UN bodies showed that in 2020 a woman died around every two minutes from...
WHO: Cancer kills 700,000 Africans yearly
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says an estimated 1.1 million new cancer cases occur each year in Africa, with about 700,000 deaths.
The WHO Regional...
China records 60,000 Covid-related deaths in one month
China, on Saturday, reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released by the country’s health authorities...
WHO: 10.6m ill with tuberculosis in 2021
The World Health Organisation has said an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021.
This is an increase of 4.5 per...
NAFDAC warns against use of 4 cough syrups
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned against the use of four substandard cough syrups in the country.
NAFDAC...
Buhari: Nigeria’ll save N687bn from malaria elimination in 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has projected that Nigeria’s agenda to end malaria and savings from the estimated economic burden of the disease would save the...
WHO declares Monkeypox global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an emergency of international concern.
“Although I am declaring a...
Nigeria’s Monkeypox cases hit 141
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 141 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been reported in the country, up from the previous 110...
