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The World Health Organization has expressed hope that the years-long COVID-19 will end soon.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed the hope at a virtual press conference on Wednesday September 14, 2022.The…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has delivered five new coronavirus testing kits to the Health Ministry in the besieged Gaza Strip.This was disclosed by the UN Middle East special envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, on Wednesday October 14,…

The World Health Organization has said that one million deaths from COVID-19 was “a very sad milestone”.The WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said this during a United Nations briefing held in Geneva on Tuesday September 29, 2020.…

The World Health Organization has warned of the likelihood of Ebola spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It also raised fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the…

WHO seeks global action to combat frightening rates of sepsisThe World Health Organization has sought a global action against the increasing rates of sepsis globally.The call for global action on Thursday September 10, 2020, followed…

The World Health Organization in Liberia Country Office has donated 21 pieces of oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health to support the government in the management of confirmed COVID-19 cases.Statistics generated from Liberia's…

The World Health Organization on Saturday warned that the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be "lengthy" after its emergency committee met to evaluate the crisis six months after sounding the international alarm.The emergency committee…

The World Health Organization has urged countries to support COVAX vaccine scheme.While calling for the support on Thursday July 30, 2020, WHO's chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, said that any country that supports the COVAX financing…

The World Health Organisation has set up a committee to re-examine COVID-19 status globally.While disclosing this on Tuesday July 28, 2020, the WHO's Chief, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the COVID-19 committee would meet…

The World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says Africa has recorded over 15,000 COVID-19 deaths.The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Wednesday July…

World Health Organization has announced that more than one million patients in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region have successfully recovered from COVID-19 since the first case was reported on 29 January 2020.While…

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama has received the new World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo Kazadi, to discuss ways to address the Covid-19 pandemic and other health challenges.While…

WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has appointed former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark as the leaders for the newly created Independent Panel for Pandemic…

The WHO Country Office in Zambia has continued working jointly with other United Nations Agencies and other partners to strengthen on-going interventions to respond and prevent further spread of the Coronavirus in the country.These…

The World Health Organization has acknowledged evidence emerging of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus.This was disclosed on Tuesday July 7, 2020, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how…

The World Health Organization has urged African countries to to put strong safety measures in places following the reopening of air travel.While disclosing this on Monday July 6, 2020, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso…

The World Health Organization would soon get results from its clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients.WHO's Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, hinted this new development…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed more than one million cases of COVID-19 in the 22 countries of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region.Presently, 1, 025 478 cases and 23 461 deaths have been recorded from the Region, which…

World Health Organization has cautioned and urged constant vigilance in Africa as COVID-19 cases accelerates and top 200,000 cases including more than 5,600 deaths.Africa recorded its first case of the new disease in mid-February. While…

Facebook has dismissed one of its staff who had questioned Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg.The decision was taken after the employee had criticised the social media company for not taking action against recent inflammatory posts by US…

The World Health Organization has said that it is still interested in collaborating with the United States.The UN health agency disclosed this on Monday 1 June, 2020 during a virtual press conference.This news is coming after the US…

One minute you are reading about pioneering medical technology behind the implanting of bionic eyes to restore sight to blind people. The next you learn that a disease you have never heard of - Schistosomiasis - infects over 200 million…

President Trump has announced that the US would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization.The announcement, which was made on Friday May 29, 2020, followed the accusations that WHO is pro-China and its poor way of…

The World Health Organization has launched a new foundation for private donations to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.This was disclosed on Wednesday May 27, 2020, by WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The health agency stated…

The World Health Organization has suspended testing of the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a potential treatment for COVID-19.This was disclosed on Monday May 25, 2020, by WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a…

Madacasgar president, Andry Rajoelina on Friday 15th May 2020 called on Africa nations to quit World Health Organization saying that Europe lacks faith in Africa and they have bad intention towards the continent as World Health…

The World Health Organization chief has disclosed that there are about seven to eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus.This was disclosed on Monday May 11, 2020, by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

Following the pandemic ravaging the northern part of Nigeria, the United Nations and the World Health Organisation have redeployed 3,000 of their personnel in Kano State to save the situation.This was disclosed in Abuja by the Chairman of…

The idea for the immunity passport or a back-to-work pass is that if you've been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and recover, then you have immunity that will protect you from getting the disease again for some…

The World Health Organization has urged that countries should not allow the unprecedented pandemic prevent them from maintaining efforts on other health emergencies and the progress made against diseases like malaria or polio.While…