Showing posts with label World Health Organization (WHO). Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Health Organization (WHO). Show all posts
Friday, June 14, 2024

Afro-Descendant Leaders Release Demands For COP16: Recognize Land Rights, Key To Conserving Biodiversity In Latin America

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  For the first time, ahead of COP16, 25 Afro-descendant organizations announce recommendations to prioritize land rights of communities con...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Climate Change And Threats Of Another Pandemic

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  By Adeze Ojukwu Another deadly pandemic is imminent. In fact, it looms large. It is scary. It is dreadful. The world is rattled. Environ...
Monday, June 5, 2023

No Tobacco Day: WHO And Smoking Epidemic In Africa

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  By Adeze Ojukwu World Health Organization (WHO) has again raised concerns over a looming tobacco epidemic in Africa. It called on African ...
Friday, March 24, 2023

250,000 To Benefit From Free Short-Course TB Preventive Treatment Across Seven Countries

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Support from global consortium will expand access to shorter TB prevention options, help advance efforts towards TB elimination   Johannesbu...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

COVID-19 Burden Lessens In Africa, Vigilance Crucial As Year-End Season Begins

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  Brazzaville, 8 December 2022  While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent ...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Rising Cases Of Suicide

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  By Ifeanyichukwu Mmoh    There  has been a sudden rise in the incidences of suicide lately, to the extent that there is now a sort of pa...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Monkeypox: Africa Faces Another Vaccine Apartheid

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  By   Echey Ijezie Even after the novel coronavirus exposed glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious dise...

The Greater Horn Of Africa’s Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens As Disease Outbreaks Surge

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WHO Regional Office For Africa  Press Release New analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported dise...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Appraising Nigeria’s Healthcare Delivery

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By Carl Umegboro  In a civilized climate, this wouldn’t stir interest but in Nigeria, where public officeholders largely work contrary to pu...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

African Union And WHO Urge Swift Action Against Childhood Tuberculosis

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  The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant tol...
Friday, July 2, 2021

Tobacco: Silently Hiding Smokers In Graves

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      By Mukhtar Garba Kobi Tobacco was historically discovered by a European in the person of Christopher Columbus in 1492, initially, i...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Surge of Extreme Hunger In Africa

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By Agbaje Ayomide Over the past years, immense efforts have been made by the governments, stakeholders, non-governmental organizations and...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Who Controls The Quality Of Products Supplied To Africa?

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By Wolff Geisler Participants in the joint UN program on HIV / AIDS, claim that between 1981 and 2006, 25 million people died of AIDS! The...