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WHO outlines ‘clear direction’ for reducing online violence against children

The report highlights the importance of implementing educational programmes directed at children and parents to…

Nigeria’s Ihekweazu to head new WHO pandemic data-driven hub in Germany

The hub aims at helping countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in…

WHO inaugurates appeal for purchase of oxygen, others in India

India has become a global epicenter of the virus, accounting for 46 per cent of…

WHO chief says ‘virus will be with us for a long time’

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that there were “worrying upward trends” in…

WHO: Coronavirus may spread further in Africa with onset of winter

African countries could be hit harder by the new coronavirus when winter arrives later this…

WHO reveals new drug to prevent post-childbirth bleeding

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a new drug – Carbetocin – has…

BAT Nigeria Expresses Commitment to Tobacco Harm Reduction

By Daniels Ekugo The World No Tobacco Day is an annual occasion marked on the…

Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak contained -WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that with declining numbers and only a handful of…

Cholera kills 462 in South Sudan

A cholera outbreak in South Sudan has claimed 462 lives and affected 21,571 others since…

Cholera killed 76 in Kenya since January – WHO

Cholera has killed 76 people between January and November 29 in Kenya, the World Health…