Tag:World Health Organisation (WHO)

Pollution

World Clean Air Day: Keeping our footprints in the air

Air pollution results from the atmospheric pollution which are deleterious to the human health and our planet too. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2021

Health

Smoking in Nollywood and next generation of Nigerian youth

What seemed like an insignificant issue in 2007 when tobacco control activists screened 10 randomly selected movies and found out that the tobacco industry...

Michael Simire - September 6, 2021

Health

COVID-19: NCDC reports spike in fatalities as infections surge

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded more deaths from COVID-19 complications as infections continue to surge in the country. The...

Michael Simire - August 29, 2021

Health

Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in over 25 years

The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday, August 15, 2021 confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after...

Michael Simire - August 15, 2021

Health

Joseph Magero: WHO doing untold harm to Africa’s desperate smokers

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is failing in its duty and Africans have particular reason to feel aggrieved. Its latest attack on alternative nicotine products...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2021

Health

WHO, WFP inaugurate innovative project on emergency health facilities

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a new project to improve emergency response to health crises. In a...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2021

Health

Africa’s COVID-19 deaths increased by 43% in one week, says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa recorded a 43 per cent week-on-week rise of COVID-19 mortality. This, however, increases hospital admissions, as countries face...

Michael Simire - July 15, 2021

Health