New push for collaboration on global health launched
To meet the world’s most pressing health challenges, WHO, governments and global health leaders today called for improved partnerships and ...
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International Labour Organization promotes workplace HIV self-testing
A new policy brief to encourage HIV self-testing at the workplace is being launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ...
Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children in the world
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated infants in the world with ...
First-ever multi-drug Ebola trial begins in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the commencement of the first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial inDemocratic Republic of Congo. In ...
Some countries are overusing antibiotics while others lack access
New data published by the WHO reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries. For the first time, ...
Nigeria has the world’s third highest number of preterm births
Data by the World Health Organization showed that 773600 preterm births occur annually in Nigeria, making Nigeria third in the ...
WHO launches innovation challenge for unmet health needs in Africa
The first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge is calling for health innovations that could have significant social impact and that address ...
Health is a right, not a privilege – Pope
WHO's Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met with His Holiness Pope Francis to discuss ways to ensure that all people ...
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak not yet a public health emergency
Based on situation on the ground regarding the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, the meeting of the Emergency Committee convened ...
WHO, UNICEF and World Bank commit to new ways of working together
Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations today signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of ...
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