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OSHA Seeks Collaboration on Universal Health

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By Mojisola Oladele  The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Prince Adewale Egbedun has called for continued collaboration and commitment to universal health coverage and the promotion of the fundamental human right to health.  Prince Egbedun made the call while hosting the delegation Continue Reading

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Malaria: Cameroon Rolls Out WHO-Approved Vaccine

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Cameroon is rolling out the world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria, in a global fight projected to save thousands of children’s lives across Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S Vaccine, developed by British drugmaker GSK, is targeting infants in Cameroon’s 42 worst-affected districts. The central African country Continue Reading

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WHO Votes 1,800 Diphtheria Vaccine for Nigeria

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The World Health Organisation, WHO, says plans are underway to deliver 1,800 vials of diphtheria antitoxin to Nigeria on August 2. The WHO country representative, Dr Walter Mulombo, made this known at a joint press conference held in Abuja on diphtheria outbreak response organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. Mulombo said Nigeria […]Continue Reading

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WHO Declares Covid-19 No Longer Health Emergency

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The World Health Organisation said on Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer considered a public health emergency of international concern. The Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced this in Geneva, while also lifting the highest alert level that can be imposed in the event of a threat, which has been in place for […]Continue Reading

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China Records World’s First Human Death from Bird Flu Variant

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A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, according to the World Health Organization, WHO. It, however, says the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have […]Continue Reading

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Earthquake: Rescue Operations Ongoing as WHO Predicts Alarming Casualty Rate

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The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organisation has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north. […]Continue Reading

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Tainted Cough Syrups Kill 300 Children – WHO

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By Oluwaseyi Ajibade/Adetutu Adetule World Health Organisation, WHO has raised alarm following the death of some 300 children in three countries after consuming contaminated cough syrups. In a statement, WHO warned all countries to be “on the alert” and prevent the spread of the killer cough syrups into their countries. According to the statement, the […]Continue Reading

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Uganda Announces Relieve From Ebola Outbreak

Web News 12 January 2023 418 0

Uganda has declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the country’s central Mubende district on 20 September 2022. Uganda’s Minister of Health. Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, said, “Uganda put a swift end to the Ebola outbreak by ramping […]Continue Reading

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WHO Decries Stagnation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Africa

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The World Health Organisation says COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of the African countries. WHO said the number of doses administered monthly in Africa declined by over 50 percent between July and September. It, however, noted that while Africa is far from reaching the year-end global target of vaccinating 70 percent of the […]Continue Reading

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Ebola Virus: Uganda Confirms Fresh Outbreak

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Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Mubende District, Uganda. The confirmed case is a 24-year-old male a resident of Ngabano village of Madudu Sub County in Mubende District presented with EVD symptoms and later succumbed. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health Minister, Dr Diana Atwine told journalists that the victim had […]Continue Reading

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WHO Declares Ghana Marburg Virus Free

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Ghana has declared the end of a Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly two months ago and caused two deaths, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. The health ministry made the announcement after no new cases of the Ebola-like disease were reported over the previous 42 days, the WHO said in a […]Continue Reading

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Validate Facts before Reporting, WHO tells Journalists

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Journalists have been admonished to ensure their health reports are validated by experts before publishing Oyo State Coordinator, World Health Organisation,WHO, Dr Phillips Zorto gave the admonition in Ibadan in a remark at a day capacity building for journalists in the state organised by WHO in partnership with the State Ministry of Health and the […]Continue Reading

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Marburg Virus: Infected Child Dies in Ghana

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A World Health Organization, WHO, an official announced that a youngster who had the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is similar to the Ebola virus, had passed away in Ghana. Since Ghana reported it’s the first-ever outbreak of the disease last month, there have been three fatalities in the nation as a whole, Reuters reports. […]Continue Reading

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Marburg Virus: Ghana Confirms First Cases

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Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. It says both patients died recently in a hospital in the southern Ashanti region. Their samples came back positive earlier this month and have now been verified by a […]Continue Reading

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Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable – WHO

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The World Health Organization, WHO, says Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected. More than 100 cases of the virus – which causes a rash and a fever – have been confirmed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. That number is expected to rise still, but […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Government Keeps Surveillance On Councils Over Lassa Fever Outbreak

Web News 17 January 2022 532 0

Oyo State government has called on residents of the state to remain calm over the reported cases of Lassa Fever in Iwajowa Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bode Ladipo, made this known in a statement issued by the ministry and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. The statement read […]Continue Reading

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Get vaccinated within 60 days or else… – Gov. Abiodun

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The Ogun State Government has issued a sixty-day ultimatum to residents to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or be prevented from enjoying essential public services or engaging in any form of business transactions. Governor Dapo Abiodun who disclosed this in Abeokuta, at the official flag-off of the state’s mass Covid-19 Vaccination campaign, targeting 2 million people Continue Reading

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Ajo WHO Gboriyin Fun Orile Ede Naijiria Lori Bi Won Ti Se N Koju Aarun Covid 19

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Ajo eleto ilera lagbaye, WHO ti ni ona ti Orile Ede Naijiria ngba bojuto ajakale arun Covid 19 o wa nipo kerin agbaye.  Asooju ajo who nile yi, Ogbeni Walter Mulombo lo soro yi nibi eto kan to waye bi won se tewo gba abere ajesara Covid 19. Johnson and Johnson to to egberun lona […]Continue Reading

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Making A Case For Improved Emergency Care For Accident Victims

Web News 18 May 2021 438 0

Globally, road traffic injuries is the leading cause of death among young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty years and among the top three causes of mortality among people between the ages of fifteen and forty-four years. According to the World Health Organisation, W.H.O, African Region had the highest rate of fatalities from automobile injuries […]Continue Reading

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World Tuberculosis Day 2021…The Clock is Ticking

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Tuberculosis, TB, is a contagious infection that usually attacks lungs and also spreads to other parts of the body, like brain and spine. It is a type of bacteria called mycobacterium. Due to the nature of the disease, every 24th of March is commemorated as the World Tuberculosis Day. It is a day set aside […]Continue Reading

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Enhancing Adherence To COVID-19 Guidelines By Primary And Secondary Schools

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The reopening of schools amidst the second wave of COVID-19 has been generating hiccups as the House of Representatives and some stakeholders faulted the decision, citing a surge in the cases. The House said the reopening would pose a threat to the fight against the second wave of COVID-19. It therefore advised the federal government […]Continue Reading

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Importance of Early Detection And Treatment Of Diabetes

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Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood. According to the World Health Organisation, W.H.O, diabetes is of three types, type 1 and type 2 and gestational diabetes or pregnancy induced diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is usually more serious, which can only […]Continue Reading

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New COVID-19 Global Test to be Released -WHO

Web News 29 September 2020 642 0

The World Health Organisation, (WHO) is to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests to help lower-income countries make up ground in a testing gap with wealthier nations. At 5 US Dollars apiece, the program initially requires 600 million Dollars in funding and is expected to commence as early as next month. The rapid tests […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Governor Plants Tree To Celebrate Nigeria’s Polio Free Certification

Web News 26 August 2020 684 0

Ogun State Government and the World Health Organization, WHO, have launched a polio-free legacy tree planting campaign to celebrate Nigeria’s polio free certification. Speaking at the event held at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, explained that the symbolic strategy was geared towards nurturing progress achieved in polio eradication. Continue Reading

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Managing The Nation’s Increasing Population

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Recently, the National Population Commission, NPC, predicted that the continued closure of schools across the country due to coronavirus might lead to an increase in teenage pregnancy, abortion and the number of early school dropout. The acting Executive Chairman of the NPC, Dr Tayo Oyetunji, said there had been a noticeable increase in gender-based violence […]Continue Reading