WHO Warns Opioid Treatment Disruptions Could Cost Lives Worldwide
The World Health Organisation, (WHO) issues new global guidance urging governments to protect opioid agonist maintenance treatment as an essential health service, warning that…
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WHO Warns Poor Waste Management Driving Global Health Crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation warns that poorly managed solid waste is fuelling a growing global public health crisis, exposing millions to…
UN Assembly Unites Mental Health, NCDs in Historic Global Declaration
ABUJA, Nigeria – Global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopt a declaration integrating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health into a…
WHO Calls Global Experts to Shape Health Science
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking leading scientists worldwide to join its influential Science Council, one of its highest advisory…
Universal Healthcare Drives Nigeria’s Economy – Minister
Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, says universal healthcare is not only a social good but a…
Experts Urge Increased Funding to Contain Escalating Antimicrobial Resistance Threat
ABUJA, Health experts have called for urgent and sustained funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Nigeria, warning that inadequate financing poses a major…
WHO Urges Africa to Act on Rising Health Costs
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, is calling on African governments to urgently reduce crippling health…
WHO Launches New Global Tool to Improve Suicide Reporting
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has unveiled a new guide designed to help countries strengthen the accuracy of suicide case reporting,…
Global Health Leaders Unite to Advance Radiation Safety
ABUJA, Nigeria – Global health leaders and radiation safety experts gather in Vienna this week to address rising challenges in medical radiation protection, as…
WHO: 114 Dead as Airstrikes Hit Sudan Hospital, Others
ABUJA, Nigeria – At least 114 people, including 63 children, are killed after airstrikes hit a kindergarten and a nearby hospital in Sudan’s South…