•Advocates Quality Health Care Services For Pregnant Women, Nursing Mothers In Osun World Health Organization (WHO) Osun State Field Office, has commemorated the World Health Day 2025 in Osun state, a program…
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178,000 mothers, one million newborns die in Africa every year -WHO reports
The World Health Organisation of the African region said each year, an estimated 178,000 mothers and one million newborns die in the African region—many from preventable causes. The health body made…
BREAKING: WHO unveils free cancer medicine platform for children in poor countries
The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates….
WHO Announces New Virus Outbreak
News Update THE World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press…
Vaccines safe, effective – WHO assures safety
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…
WHO: We need $87.4m to contain Mpox outbreak
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. …
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak A Global Health Emergency
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…
Cholera: Osun Health Board, WHO, Red Cross Hit Streets, Markets; Sensitize Residents
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…
2.6m die annually from alcohol, drug use— WHO
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…
WHO, others seek more funding to tackle tuberculosis in Nigeria
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….