Neglected Tropical Diseases: Progress Made, but Challenges Remain
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its latest progress report on the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) entitled...
Africa Lags Behind in Trans Fat Elimination Efforts, says WHO Report
According to a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO), five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful...
Laboratory in Lagos bags WHO’s full accreditation for measles and rubella
The Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) in Lagos, Nigeria has achieved full laboratory accreditation status from the World Health Organization...
COVID-19: Sequencing has dropped by over 90% since Omicron
The World Health Organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged countries to increase their COVID-19 sequencing efforts and share data...
Ebola outbreak officially over in Uganda
Uganda has declared the end of an Ebola outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, just four months after the first case...
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for health – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a statement in The Lancet Public Health stating that there is no safe...
Why the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be declared over yet
While the COVID-19 pandemic has declined significantly in 2022, there are still many gaps and uncertainties that prevent the World...
Measles is an imminent threat worldwide
There has been a significant setback in global progress towards achieving and maintaining measles elimination and the decline leaves millions...
Less than half of people living with diabetes in Africa know their status
Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness...
Uganda declares Ebola outbreak
The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed...
