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…

One in five people worldwide develop cancer —WHO

As the world marks Cancer Day, the World Health Organization has said that one in five…

World Cancer Day: Hints about the dreaded disease

It was surprising when I read that professor Wole Soyinka battled prostate cancer, went through the…