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World Health Organisation (WHO), has urged health workers to encourage expectant mothers  to feed their babies accurately and educate them on the importance of breastfeeding after birth. According to WHO’s twitter handle @WHO,…

Members States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year…

About 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among people aged between 15 and 29…

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) has on Monday announced that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation program that will make the world’s first malaria vaccine…

By Amos Tauna The Government of Japan has announced a contribution of USD 903,000 towards World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Programme in the crisis-affected Northeastern region of Nigeria. A statement from Ziyad Qamar Resource…

By Iliya Kure Kaduna (Nigeria) -- Kaduna State Government in northern Nigeria has asked parents to cooperate with it and vaccinate their children and wards against poliomyelitis - a disease that has crippled thousands of children in the…

Addis Ababa – The World Health Organization (WHO) have reported on Wednesday that, one in five children in Africa do not receive basic life-saving vaccines, despite the continent making great strides on immunization. The report noted a…

The World Health Organization has declared Guinea to be free of Ebola. It's a milestone, as the Ebola outbreak that ravaged West Africa began in Guinea in December 2013 and spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. From there, the outbreak…