The UN health agency also warned that Africa’s attempts to achieve health for all by 2030 could be threatened unless the continent addresses the twin challenges of under-nutrition and obesity.
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WHO in its “Emergency Report”, said that in March, less than 20 cases were reported each week and only five new cases reported in the week ending April 15.
Introducing the product on Wednesday at a Media Executive Meeting in Lagos, Nestle’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Victoria Uwadoka, said it was made purely from grains and cereals.
The Information Officer of the ministry, Abubakar Muhammed, made the disclosure in Yola on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made the appeal during the exit press briefing by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedro Ghebreyesus, on Friday in Abuja.
Tayo, who is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, is among the 14 eminent people appointed across the globe to serve on the group.
The mosquito-borne viral disease is a major killer in Africa, where it can spread fast in highly populated areas with devastating consequences.
The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the commendation when he visited one of the revitalised PHCs at Kuchigoro, FCT-Abuja, on Wednesday.
Prof Mike Ogirima, the President of the association, expressed the concern in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
The statement said: “For the Lassa fever response, 271 are involved in active case search, 235 in contact tracing and 320 in community sensitisation activities in the 18 states active states.”
The Corps has now come of age after going through good times and tides. In its 30 years journey, it recorded for instance, a commendable 62.4 per cent reduction in crash from 40,881 in 1976 to 25,792 within its first operational year alone.
But these measures will yield little results if we allow women who have the capacity to be as great as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Oby Ezekwesili to continue to die at the hands of insensate doctors. The Nigerian Medical Association should, therefore, be alive to its responsibility
Field Communication Officer of the organisation, Chima Omiekwe, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Maiduguri, said the campaign would commence on Tuesday and end on February 14, 2019.
This was revealed by the World Health Organisation through its Surveillance Officer, Dr. Bello Ahmed, on Tuesday at a sensitisation workshop on Lassa Fever, organised by the Tarabe State Ministry of Health
The WHO Country Director, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, made the donation to the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday.
The World Health Organisation says malaria kills around half a million people every year, the vast majority of them children in the poorest parts of Africa
The Director, Research and Innovation of the University, Prof. Wellington Oyibo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.
Dr. Stella Ukaegbu, the Coordinator, Primary Health Care Facilities, Imo State Ministry of Health, disclosed this at a sensitisation and awareness programme organised by the National Orientation Agency.
WHO urged all countries to work together to control influenza outbreaks
In a major review of the problem, the WHO said bogus drugs are a growing threat as increased pharmaceutical trade, including Internet sales, open the door to sometimes toxic products.