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Global Health Experts Rename Monkeypox

Web News 28 November 2022 319 0

Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, after complaints over racist and stigmatizing language linked to the virus’s name. The old term will be used alongside the new one for a year, before being phased out. Mpox was decided on after lengthy Continue Reading

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Watch your children’s sugar intake – Expert

Web News 29 August 2022 563 0

Infants and young children have the greatest nutrient needs at any time in life. Poor nutrition at a young age causes irreversible mental and physical damage. World Health Organization, WHO, recommends children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10 percent of their energy intake as it reduces the risk of obesity […]Continue Reading

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160 Million Nigerians may get Yellow Fever – WHO

Web News 10 August 2022 386 0

The World Health Organization has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever. The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in Africa. Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The “yellow” […]Continue Reading

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Make drugs free to achieve WHO 2030 hepatitis elimination target – Expert

Web News 28 July 2022 398 0

To achieve the World Health Organization’s, WHO, 2030 target of elimination of hepatitis, there is a need for strong political will from the government and other stakeholders to help provide free drugs for Hepatitis patients.  A Senior Registrar, Gastro/ Pathology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Osun, Uniosun, Doctor Yusuf Raheem stated this in Continue Reading

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Primary prevention, health education will reduce Malaria – Expert

Web News 25 April 2022 547 0

Primary prevention and health education are keys to reducing malaria prevalence in society. A consultant family physician at the University of Osun Teaching Hospital, UniOsun, Osogbo, Doctor Babajide Seriki disclosed this in an interview with Gold FM on the occasion of World Malaria Day. While commending the state government for the availability of malaria drugs in Continue Reading

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Special Report Checking Suicide among Teenagers

Web News 27 January 2022 643 0

It is not unusual to hear of suicide by an adult or youth attributed to one cause or the other. However, the phenomenon is also being witnessed among teenagers. In this report, Oluwatumininu Balogun examines why some teens commit suicide and how to prevent its prevalence. According to the World Health Organization 2021 report, more […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19 Deaths Pass Three Million Worldwide

Web News 17 April 2021 488 0

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The milestone comes the day after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world was “approaching the highest rate of infection” so far. India – experiencing a second wave – recorded […]Continue Reading

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Uniting to End Female Genital Mutilation as the Day is being Marked Globally

Web News 4 February 2021 1255 0

World Health Organization W.H.O defines female genital mutilation or cutting, FGM, as the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or injury to the female genital organs for non- medical reasons. Female genital cutting is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age fifteen. The practice is prevalent in Nigeria, Egypt, […]Continue Reading

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Covid: WHO in ‘Close Contact’ with UK over New Virus Variant

Web News 20 December 2020 547 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is in “close contact” with UK officials over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus. The new variant is spreading more rapidly than the original version, but is not believed to be more deadly. Large parts of south-east England, including London, are now under a new, […]Continue Reading

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Coronavirus: ‘Very Significant’ Resurgences in Europe Alarm WHO

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Europe has seen an increase in weekly cases of Covid-19 for the first time in months as restrictions are eased, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In 11 countries, which include Armenia, Sweden, Moldova and North Macedonia, accelerated transmission has led to “very significant resurgence”, said Regional Director Dr Hans Henri Kluge. His warnings about Continue Reading