The challenge of over 40 per cent of children being stunted and nearly 300,000 children affected by wasting requires urgent action, said UNICEF.
The Nigerian Hypertension Society says less than 2.5 per cent of Nigerians living with hypertension successfully manage to keep their blood pressure under control.
The agreement was accepted without formal voting on the second day of the members’ annual World Health Assembly in Geneva.
WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged member states to stay committed to shared global health goals despite ongoing global instability.
She stressed the need for training, recruitment and retention of family physicians.
Mr Oligbu disclosed that a group member was apprehended while administering one of the suspected fake products to a member of the public.
The commissioner added that the government was taking proactive steps to address the increasing prevalence of hypertension.
The World Health Organisation says Mohamed Janabi has been nominated as the next African regional director.
Mr Ewalefoh said the MediPool initiative aimed to centralise the procurement and distribution of essential medicines, vaccines, and consumables.
The governor’s wife said every pregnant or nursing mother deserved to live a healthy life.
