“The death rates due to alcohol consumption per litre of alcohol consumed are highest in low-income countries and lowest in high-income countries.’’
Both scientists are winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.
“The pandemic wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving life expectancy within just two years,” WHO said.
The WHO chief described the situation in Gaza as “beyond catastrophic.’’
The WHO chief said that there was a need to tackle why people get sick and die.
Mr Ghebreyesus called on the international community to support humanitarian workers.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released $16 million from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to tackle cholera.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the federal government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud.
The disease is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. Its incidence has grown dramatically worldwide in recent decades.
Malaria killed nearly half a million children under five yearly, accounting for approximately 96 per cent of global malaria deaths in 2021.
