WEF: WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council
January 18, 2023 The adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services has brought the urgency of vaccine development efforts into sharp focus, the World Health organisation said…
UN calls for urgent action as acute malnutrition threatens lives of millions of vulnerable children
January 13, 2023 United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis….
A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report
Jan. 13, 2023 …Another 1.9 m babies tragically stillborn An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years…
Suspected cholera outbreak claims 20 lives in Cross River community
December 17, 2022 Twenty persons may have lost their lives to suspected cholera outbreak in Ekeureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River. The suspected outbreak has reportedly…
Unhealthy environment cause of 12.6m deaths globally – WHO
Dec. 10, 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO), has said that the number of people estimated to have died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment…
Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans, need for better data
December 10, 2022 A new World Health Organization (WHO) report has revealed high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, as well as increasing resistance to treatment in…
NCDC issues public warning on fungal pathogens
Dec. 6, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public warning about a significant threat posed by a fungal infection. The Director-General, of NCDC,…
12, 000 die globally daily from violence, injuries
Nov. 30, 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says injuries and violence take the lives of some 12 000 people around the world each day. In a new report by…
WHO to use ‘mpox’ for monkeypox to tackle stigma
Nov 29, 2022 The World Health Organization said on Monday it would start using a new preferred term, “mpox”, as a synonym for monkeypox and urged others to follow suit…
Nearly 40 million children dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat
November 24, 2022 In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose: 25 million children missed their first dose and an additional 14.7 million…