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WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, November 3, 2025, released new guidance for countries on ways to counter the immediate and long-term effects...
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WHO reports 7m COVID-19 deaths in five years

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,...
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No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans – WHO chief

The UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO), says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow...
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WHO announces outbreak of cholera in 23 countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, February 10, 2023, announced the outbreak of cholera in 23 countries, warning that 20 more countries sharing...
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COVID-19 remains international health threat, WHO warns

World Health Organisation (WHO) has again warned that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that it is not time to declare the...
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Ghebreyesus re-elected as health assembly adopts measures to sustainably finance WHO

Member States of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term...
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COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed optimism that worst of latest wave of COVID-19 is over, in spite of spread of Omicron variant...
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WHO warns against blanket boosters as vaccine inequity persists

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, warned that blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity. WHO...
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ECA seeks coordinated action to advance SDGs, Agenda 2063

The Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, has called for coordinated and transformative action to advance...
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Kano to plant 10m trees to mitigate climate change 

The Kano State Government has announced plans to distribute 10 million tree seedlings for planting across the state, as...
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Mixed reactions trail Lagos solar approval policy

Some Lagos residents on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, expressed divergent views on a directive by the state government requiring...

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Sustainable Devpt

ECA seeks coordinated action to advance SDGs, Agenda 2063

The Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver...
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Kano to plant 10m trees to mitigate climate change 

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