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WHO Director-General

June 26, 2024

2.6 million people die annually of alcohol, drug abuse, says WHO

“The death rates due to alcohol consumption per litre of alcohol consumed are highest in low-income countries and lowest in high-income countries.’’

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May 28, 2024

Developers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines win WHO award

Both scientists are winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.

Drew Weissman and Katalin Kariko
May 25, 2024

COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of progress in global life expectancy: WHO

“The pandemic wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving life expectancy within just two years,” WHO said.

WHO
May 22, 2024

WHO chief urges Israel to lift restrictions on aid to Gaza

The WHO chief described the situation in Gaza as “beyond catastrophic.’’

World Health Organization
April 4, 2024

WHO says 4.5 billion people not fully covered by essential health services

The WHO chief said that there was a need to tackle why people get sick and die.

World Health Organization
December 28, 2023

WHO seeks ceasefire as officials deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk mission

Mr Ghebreyesus called on the international community to support humanitarian workers.

World Health Organization
September 29, 2023

WHO says $16 million released to tackle cholera

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released $16 million from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to tackle cholera.

Ghebreyesus
September 7, 2023

Diphtheria: WHO urges Nigeria to increase routine vaccination

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the federal government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud.

World Health Organisation (WHO) and Tedros Ghebreyesus
July 22, 2023

About half of world population at risk of dengue fever due to global warming: WHO

The disease is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. Its incidence has grown dramatically worldwide in recent decades.

Dengue fever symptoms
July 6, 2023

UN: Nigeria excluded from 12 African countries to receive malaria vaccine

Malaria killed nearly half a million children under five yearly, accounting for approximately 96 per cent of global malaria deaths in 2021.

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