As coronavirus spreads across the globe, countries in Africa are taking preventive measures to keep the disease out and many are showing a strong level of preparedness to counter its spread. There are now more than 100 cases recorded in 11…
WHO warns of ‘backsliding’ in measles fight as cases soar
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that efforts to halt the spread of measles were “backsliding”, with case numbers worldwide surging around 50 percent last year. The UN health agency pointed to preliminary data showing that the disturbing trend of…
WHO, UNAIDS, NACA Laud Govt’s Move to Help Additional 50,000 People Living With HIV
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) have hailed the Federal Government’s new commitment to use domestic funds to provide antiretroviral drugs to an…
Somalia celebrates 3 years polio-free: WHO urges continued caution
Somalia stopped endemic poliovirus transmission in 2002 but has been twice affected by importations of the virus An event attended by the President of Somalia, parliamentarians, delegates from the Somali Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF, was held…
WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The announcement comes 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) after the…