There is a new WHO-preferred treatment option for HIV
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the World Health Organization today officially recommended the use of the HIV ...
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What is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 17 July 2019 officially declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a Public Health ...
How DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak became a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
On 17 July 2019, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the ...
WHO is introducing another experimental Ebola vaccine in DR Congo
To address vaccination challenges in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), WHO’s Strategic Advisory ...
New push for collaboration on global health launched
To meet the world’s most pressing health challenges, WHO, governments and global health leaders today called for improved partnerships and ...
International Labour Organization promotes workplace HIV self-testing
A new policy brief to encourage HIV self-testing at the workplace is being launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ...
Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children in the world
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated infants in the world with ...
First-ever multi-drug Ebola trial begins in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the commencement of the first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial inDemocratic Republic of Congo. In ...
Some countries are overusing antibiotics while others lack access
New data published by the WHO reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries. For the first time, ...
Nigeria has the world’s third highest number of preterm births
Data by the World Health Organization showed that 773600 preterm births occur annually in Nigeria, making Nigeria third in the ...
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