The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Kaltume Ahmed said on Thursday that the state recorded 32,297 Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023. Speaking at a…
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Nigeria has been the first country to receive the new Meningitis Vaccine meningitis vaccine from the Vaccine Alliance-funded global stockpile which was provided by the United…
The world is teetering on the edge of a cancer epidemic, according to a chilling new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The report, released…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a grave warning and emergency appeal, stating that over 166 million people worldwide require urgent health assistance. In an…
Cape Verde, an island in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal with 500,000 residents follows Mauritius in 1973 and Algeria in 2019, after WHO certified…
Data from various sources indicates increased transmission of COVID-19 in December 2023 boosted by large gatherings during the Christmas holidays. The Director-General of the World Health…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has formalised a strategic alliance with Nigeria’s Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to execute an innovative health insurance project. Beyond this,…
United Nations officials have expressed anger and disbelief regarding the dire situation in Gaza hospitals, where injured individuals lack basic supplies and children recovering from amputations…
Three Kenya and Zimbabwe nationals have topped a global trypanosomiasis eradication conference. The conference reviewed the available control measures for trypanosomiasis and made moves to adopt…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has hailed the malaria vaccine as “safe and effective,” resulting in a substantial decrease in severe malaria cases. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus,…