Benue State Government says no deaths from Lassa fever have been recorded in the last 11 days, despite a rise in suspected infections. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Paul Ogwuche, disclosed this while briefing journalists, noting that suspected cases have increased to 383, with 47 confirmed infections so far. He added that…
The recent revelation by the World Health Organisation, WHO, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023, that Nigeria has one of the highest road crash-related death rates in Africa, at 21.4 deaths per 100,000 population is worrisome. Founder of Kwapda’as Road Safety Demand (KRSD), Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, who cited the report at a press…
The World Health Organisation has commended Nigeria, China, Egypt, Russia, Brazil, and Denmark for reducing the mortality rate in Non-communicable Diseases for their citizens. The biggest gains were driven by declines in cardiovascular disease and certain cancers—such as stomach and colorectal cancers for both sexes, cervical and breast cancers for women, and lung and prostate…
Children under 15 accounted for 4.3 per cent of new and relapsed cases of tuberculosis in the WHO’s European region in 2023, 10 per cent more than in the previous 12 months, a report said on Monday. More than 172,000 people overall were reported to have new and relapsed cases of the disease in the…
The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday said that a mass campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza would resume on Saturday, with over half a million children targeted. In a statement, the WHO said the current environment in Gaza, including overcrowding in shelters and severely damaged water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, which facilitates…
The World Health Organisation has launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates. The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia, as…
Israeli air strikes struck Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, killing six people. The World Health Organization, WHO, chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said he was at the airport during the strike, added that one of their plane’s crew members was injured. However, the Israeli military did not immediately respond to…
To cushion the possible health challenges resulting from the flood disaster that recently ravaged Maiduguri, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated cholera and acute malnutrition kits to the Borno State government. Dr Mary Brantuo, who represented the WHO country representative, Dr Walter Kazadi Molumbo, explained that the WHO team was in Maiduguri to commiserate…
Statistics obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that more males are getting infected with Mpox in Nigeria. According to figures posted on the NCDC website on Monday, 67 per cent of Mpox cases recorded since January 2024 have been in males. The agency said, “Men are predominantly affected, accounting…
Health experts are sounding the alarm over the increasing cases of cervical cancer in Nigeria, following a World Health Organisation (WHO) report revealing that the disease claims 7,968 lives annually in the country.Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among Nigerian women, making up about 16% of all female cancers.At a vaccine awareness and…