Tag: WHO
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WHO advocates holistic approach to hand washing
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa has called for holistic approach to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) on the continent. She made the call in a message to commemorate the World Hand Hygiene Day marked every May 5. The theme for 2022 is: “Unite for Safety – Clean Your Hands’’. She said…
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China is certified malaria-free by WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially granted China a malaria-free certification. The UN health body called it a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases of the disease annually in the 1940s.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated China in a press communique. He said China’s success was hard-earned and came…
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WHO officially declares China malaria-free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday officially granted China a malaria-free certification as a token of celebration of the country’s successful elimination of the disease after 70 years of its struggles against malaria. From 30 million malaria cases in the 1940s, China brought down that number over the last decades, to have finally achieved…
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WHO supports treatment of 301 mental health patients in Borno
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it supported the treatment of 301 mental health patients and referred 12 others for further management in Borno from January to November 2020. Dr Henry Nwanja, the WHO Public Health Officer, Emergency Programme, North East, made this known in Maiduguri on Thursday while handing over the Borno Psychiatric Hospital, rehabilitated…
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Immunisation: WHO, experts call for safe resumption of services amid COVID-19 pandemic
As countries prepare for eventual COVID-19 vaccines, experts caution that falling immunisation coverage could lead to outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases. Consequently, WHO and immunisation experts in the African Region urge countries and health stakeholders to prioritise immunisation services, which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect children and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases.…
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U.S. says will not be ‘constrained’ by WHO-linked vaccine effort
The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. would not join a global effort aimed at providing equitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines, citing the project’s link to a “corrupt” World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 170 countries are in talks to join the vaccine initiative, known as COVAX, which has already received a…
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Polio-Free Nigeria: Gates, Dangote, others hail achievement
Billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have hailed the declaration of Nigeria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being polio-free. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the global health body on Tuesday certified Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free. The WHO Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) said the major milestone…
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WHO chief believes pandemic could last less than two years
Modern technology and international cooperation could limit the coronavirus pandemic to less than two years, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. “Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine, I think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu,” he told a news conference in…
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OHAI Operates 250 Cleft Patients Amidst COVID-19 Prevalence
By Alpha Maidawa Despite the challenges posed by the novel Coronavirus in health care provision and other services, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Oral Health Advocacy Initiative (OHAI) has carried out over 250 cleft surgeries in Bauchi, Niger and Yobe states through its routine medical outreach. Executive Director of OHAI, Dr. Ngutor Ver-or who disclosed this to…
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COVID-19: OHAI Recruits 300 Volunteers
By Alpha Maidawa Oral Health Advocacy Initiative (OHAI) says it has recruited 300 college graduates in the wake of lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of Coronavirus also known as Covid-19. The Executive Director of OHAI, Dr. Ngutor Ver-or who disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent said the volunteers have been trained as…