The World Health Organisation (WHO) has categorised foods exposed to temperatures above 5 °C (41 °F) for over 2 hours can become unsafe to eat. The organisation made this known yesterday, June 7, in posts shared via X to commemorate the 2024 World Food Safety Day themed, “Food safety: prepare for the unexpected”. WHO wrote […]
Togo has been given due recognition by the prestigious World Health Organization as the first country globally to eliminate 4 Neglected Tropical Diseases. The special recognition was made known by the Health Organization during its Regional Committee for Africa meeting held in Lomé on Monday, August 22. According to reports, between 2011 and 2022, Togo […]
NCDC : Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa has been appointed as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Garba Shehu the Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, confirmed the appointment in a news brief on Monday. According to Shehu , Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says there is no definite date for when the 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Nigeria. The NPHCDA, however, said the vaccines would most likely arrive in February, adding that all government officials, vulnerable persons and health workers would be the first to get them […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday warned that the anti-viral drug Remdesivir should not be used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, explaining that trials have failed to prove that the treatment is effective. WHO chief clinician, Janet Diaz, told a press conference from Geneva that there was no clear evidence that the use of remdesivir […]
Ethiopia’s army chief on Thursday accused World Health Organisation boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – the country’s highest-profile Tigrayan abroad – of lobbying to send arms and support to leaders in the dissident region. Gen Birhanu Jula told reporters on Wednesday that the WHO director-general had urged unnamed neighbours to “oppose the war and for [the […]
The United Nations Health Agency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed the organization is analyzing dexamethasone, a steroid that scientists from the United Kingdom (UK) say can save the lives of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Scientists from the University of Oxford, UK, announced on Tuesday that they had found dexamethasone cured patients critically ill with […]
An official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that transmission of Coronavirus by an asymptomatic patient is now very rare. Dr.Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, disclosed this during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. Preliminary evidence […]
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced the resumption of clinical trials of the anti-malaria drug – Hydroxychloroquine – to determine its efficacy in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. It concluded that there was no cogent reason to halt the drug use for trial based on review of available data by its Safety […]
Equatorial Guinea have reportedly sacked a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) for “falsifying” the country’s figures of Coronavirus cases. AFP confirmed the news, citing a document from the foreign ministry and a source at the UN health agency The international news agency claimed WHO’s representative Triphonie Nkurunziza is accused of “falsifying” the country’s […]