Speaking at the ongoing Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW) in Marrakech, Morocco (June 1–3), Ghebreyesus emphasised the need for a shift in mindset and stronger leadership across the continent.
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Molumbo, according to a statement on the organisation’s website, as sighted by The Eagle Online on Tuesday, made this known during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The Director, Public Health in the Ministry, Dr Ibrahim Adamu, said the exercise was in commemoration of the 2023 World Hepatitis Day, aimed at eliminating the viral infection.
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the United Nations agency, said this during an online media conference.
The World Health Organisation gave the notification in a Medical Product Alert posted on its website on Thursday.
WHO head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced in Geneva on Friday the lifting of the highest alert level that can be imposed in the event of a threat, which has been in place for more than three years.
The declaration represents a major step towards ending the pandemic. It comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus.
The Head of the state agency made the declaration at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshdiso Moeti, said this in her message to mark 2023 World TB Day with theme”Yes, We Can End TB”.
According to the United Nations agency, these are just reported deaths as the actual number of is much higher.
WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this in a report that highlighted the high cost of physical inactivity.
WHO, in a statement Tuesday, cited authorities in the country that the case concerned a 46-year-old woman who died on August 15 in the town of Beni.
“Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
The NCDC made this known on Thursday as the World Health Organisation called for attention to the growth in infection rate.
WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva.
The world health body says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally.
The report had called on the World Health Organisation to investigate the laboratories in Nigeria linked to the US.
First elected in 2017, his re-election by secret ballot was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
Ghebreyesus said this at the opening of the World Health Assembly on Sunday at Geneva, Switzerland.
Friday will mark two years since the WHO characterised the global spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic.