WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, known as doxyPEP, as…
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WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally
ABUJA, Nigeria – Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for 2026–2036, intensifying…
WHO Pushes Global Partnerships for Nursing Growth
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization Academy has called for stronger global partnerships to improve nursing and midwifery education, leadership and healthcare delivery…
Beyond the Cruise Ship: Why Nigeria May Not Be Ready for the Next Virus Threat
LAGOS, Nigeria – When a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius killed at least three passengers and left several others infected…
Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization confirms 11 hantavirus cases, including three deaths, linked to passengers and crew aboard expedition cruise ship MV…
Spain, WHO Praise Cruise Ship Hantavirus Emergency Response Cooperation
LAGOS, Nigeria – The government of Spain and the World Health Organization say the international response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship MV…
Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization says at least six countries have recorded confirmed or probable hantavirus infections linked to the outbreak aboard…
WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk
ABJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has reassured residents of Tenerife that the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius poses…
The Malaria Trap: Nigeria’s Endless Public Health Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – As much of the world edges closer to defeating one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, Nigeria remains trapped in a devastating malaria…
WHO Chief Arrives Tenerife as Hantavirus Evacuation Intensifies
ABUJA, Nigeria – Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is expected in Tenerife to coordinate evacuation efforts linked to the hantavirus…