Tag: World Health Organisation
World Health Organisation: No Proof Paracetamol In Pregnancy Causes Autism
The World Health Organisation has dismissed claims linking the use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) in pregnancy to autism, insisting that there is no conclusive scientific...
World Health Organisation: Over 10 Million Lives Lost Annually To Uncontrolled...
The World Health Organisation has warned that uncontrolled high blood pressure could put over 1.4 billion people at risk of premature death.
WHO, in its...
Doctors Identify Why Young People Are Coming Down With Stroke
A growing number of young Nigerians are suffering strokes due to poor lifestyle choices, environmental risks, and undetected health conditions, medical experts have revealed.
The...
Nigeria’s Afrimedical Certified By WHO As Regional Syringe Producer
In a landmark achievement for Nigeria and the broader West and Central African region, Afrimedical Manufacturing and Supplies Limited has made history by becoming...
Sanwo-Olu’s Govt Unveils Digital Malaria Eradication Programme
The Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government in Lagos State has transited to the most important stage in its rollback strategy against malaria — a killer disease...
WHO Warns, Says Global Breast Cancer Cases To Rise By 38%...
Breast cancer cases worldwide are expected to surge by 38% by 2050, with annual diagnoses reaching 3.2 million, according to a new report by...
Sanwo-Olu’s Govt Says 3m Children, 20m Residents Benefited From Measles, Yellow...
About 3,595,461million children in Lagos were vaccinated against measles in 2024 while a total of 20,366,405million Lagosians received the yellow fever vaccine in the...
High Expectations As Nigerian Firm Gets WHO Approval For HIV Test...
Codix Group, a subsidiary of Colexa Biosensor Ltd, has received approval from the World Health Organisation to package a WHO Prequalified Rapid Diagnostic Test...
Create Environment For Mental Wellbeing, WHO Urges Employers
The World Health Organisation has urged employers, governments at all levels, and individuals to make mental health in the workplace a top priority as...
World Health Organisation: COVID Still Kills 1,700 Weekly
The World Health Organisation has revealed that Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world.
The WHO said this on Thursday,...
