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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that weekly deaths from COVID-19 in Africa had reached a record peak in the week that ended on Aug. 1, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the…

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said the global number of COVID-19 deaths during the previous week increased by 21 per cent. The Geneva-based agency said, so far, more than four million people worldwide were confirmed to have…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says over 124,000 Africans die every year from undiagnosed and untreated hepatitis. READ ALSO: World Hepatitis Day: WHO calls for more awareness and testing WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr.…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has encouraged people to take advantage of the self-testing HIV kits that are now available globally. READ ALSO: HIV increases risk of severe and critical COVID-19 – WHO WHO  stated this…

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), increase risk of severe and critical COVID-19. The World Health Organisation said in a research that showed a major increase in deaths among hospitalised COVID-19 patients who also have…

According to the World Health Organisation, the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent. Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic. The WHO’s regional director for Africa, Dr…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, is being audited by the World Health Organisation (WHO), to prepare Nigeria for local production of COVID-19 vaccines. The Director-General of the National…

The World Health Organisation (WHO)  has updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers, a class of medicines that are lifesaving in patients who are severely or critically ill with COVID-19, especially when…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that Nigeria has 30 left on the list of requirements put in place by the World Health Organisation for the production of local vaccines in the country. READ…

The World Health Organisation Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned against the COVID-19 Delta variant in 98 countries that continue to mutate. Ghebreyesus warned that as  the Delta variant was quickly becoming the dominant strain…