At least one in seven children in sub-Saharan Africa experiences significant psychological hardship
At least one in seven children in sub-Saharan Africa experiences significant psychological hardship. As the world marks World Mental Health ...
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Call for urgent action on meningitis
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis - a debilitating ...
Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021
As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Africa by around 150 million this year, ...
Today is World Sexual Health Day
On World Sexual Health Day, WHO celebrates every person’s right to sexual wellbeing How does the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Nigeria reopens COVID-19 vaccination registration portal as vaccine rollout resumes
The Federal Government has launched the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination on 16 August 2021 in Abuja; A continuous ...
Investments in health systems prevent damage and boost economies – WHO DG
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drummed support for improved investments in health systems. According to the organisation's Director-General, investments ...
Ebola vaccination exercise kicks off in Guinea
Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off today in Guinea as the emergency response was escalated to counter ...
COVID-19 has partially or completely disrupted cancer programs – WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the UN ...
Health is the essential underpinning of productive, resilient and stable economies – WHO DG
The DG of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has described health as the essential underpinning of ...
COVID-19: Over 160,000 cases now confirmed daily
More than 10.3 million cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO, and more than 506,000 deaths. For the ...
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