Nigerian professor of virology, Professor Oyewale Tomori, has been nominated by the World Health Organisation as…
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WHO appoints NCDC boss Ihekweazu its Assistant DG
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization’s calls for a renewed probe into the origins…
Concerns as WHO says Marburg disease is now in W’Africa
Officials in Guinea have confirmed the first case of the deadly illness -Marburg virus disease, in…
UNICEF, WHO decries low rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organisation have decried the low rate of…
COVID-19 won’t be last pandemic, WHO warns
The World Health Organisation has said the COVID-19 pandemic might not be the last the world…
COVID-19: Worst yet to come for Africa, says WHO
Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is…
COVID-19: WHO approves China’s Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
World Health Organization has validated China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, otherwise known as CoronaVac for emergency use.…
COVID-19 vaccine: Africa needs 20m second doses in next six weeks —WHO
Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks,…
Bayelsa, UNICEF, WHO begin campaign to reduce maternal, newborn deaths
ODAHIEKWU OGUNDE, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government in conjunction with the United Nations Children Emergency Fund and…