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Vaccines safe, effective – WHO assures safety

Akanji Philip October 19, 2024 0 Comment

The World Health Organisation’s Country Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo, said vaccines are safe and effective. Mulombo said this on Friday in Abuja at the two-day capacity-building workshop for journalists focused on...

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WHO: We need $87.4m to contain Mpox outbreak

Akanji Philip August 27, 2024 0 Comment

The World Health Organisation, WHO, says it needs 87.4 million dollars for more than six months to work with countries, partners and other stakeholders to contain the current outbreak of Mpox. The world...

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WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak A Global Health Emergency

VAM News August 14, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern”. The declaration comes a day after the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) declared...

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Cholera: Osun Health Board, WHO, Red Cross Hit Streets, Markets; Sensitize Residents

VAM News July 2, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update On Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, the Osun State Ministry of Health, State Primary Health Care Board in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), National Orientation Agency and Red...

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2.6m die annually from alcohol, drug use— WHO

Akanji Philip June 26, 2024 0 Comment

A report by World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7 per cent of all deaths. WHO, in a statement on...

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WHO, others seek more funding to tackle tuberculosis in Nigeria

Akanji Philip March 19, 2024 0 Comment

The World Health Organisation, KNCV Nigeria, and other experts on Tuesday called on governments at all levels to increase investments in tuberculosis to achieve Nigeria’s goal of eradicating the disease by 2030. They made...

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WHO: Ban use of e-cigarette, new tobacco products

VAM News January 26, 2024 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA, News Update The World Health Organisation, WHO, has urged member nations of its global tobacco treaty to ban or regulate the use of e-cigarettes and other novel and emerging products of...

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WHO loses staff to Gaza crisis, husband, 6-month-old baby killed

Akanji Philip November 22, 2023 0 Comment

Dima Alhaj, a 29-year-old staff of the World Health Organization, WHO, has been killed in Gaza, the occupied Palestinian territory, during the ongoing war. The WHO officially confirmed this in a press release...

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WHO: Aspartame sweetener possible cancer cause

Akanji Philip July 15, 2023 0 Comment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer research agency on Friday classified the commonly used artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to human”. Although, another UN Committee reaffirmed that there was a safe daily...

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Health World News

Soft Drinks, Chewing Gums, Toothpastes Pose Cancer Risk — WHO

VAM News June 30, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update World Health Organisation (WHO), Thursday, warned that artificial sweeteners to thousands of fizzy drinks, chewing gums and low-calorie foods pose a potential cancer risk. The global agency, in a...