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WHO Assembly Backs Precision Medicine Equity Drive WHO

WHO Assembly Backs Precision Medicine Equity Drive

Oluwatobi Adu May 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Member states at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly have adopted a landmark resolution aimed...

WHO Assembly Debates Global Health Reforms, Others WHO

WHO Assembly Debates Global Health Reforms, Others

Korede Abdullah May 22, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland – Delegates at the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) intensified discussions on global health reforms,...

Ebola Crisis Deepens as WHO Warns Global Health Systems WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ebola Crisis Deepens as WHO Warns Global Health Systems

Korede Abdullah May 19, 2026

Geneva, Switzerland – The World Health Organization warns that a worsening Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, rising malaria...

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods Photo Caption:Madam Rose attends to customers at her roadside food stall in Utako Market, Abuja, where quick processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional home-cooked dishes. (Photo credit: Otamere Gladness/AHR)

Photo Caption:Madam Rose attends to customers at her roadside food stall in Utako Market, Abuja, where quick processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional home-cooked dishes. (Photo credit: Otamere Gladness/AHR)

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods

Oluwatobi Adu May 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the crowded markets of Abuja, at roadside food stalls and construction sites where...

Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship Medical officials monitoring passengers linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.

Medical officials monitoring passengers linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.

Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship

Otamere Gladness May 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization confirms 11 hantavirus cases, including three deaths, linked to passengers...

Spain, WHO Praise Cruise Ship Hantavirus Emergency Response Cooperation

Korede Abdullah May 12, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The government of Spain and the World Health Organization say the international response to...

Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response WHO-representative-urging-Nigeria-to-invest-in-health-science-and-innovation.jpg

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Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response

Oluwatobi Adu May 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has launched a €4.2 million health security initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s...

Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak

Mirian Gom May 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization says at least six countries have recorded confirmed or probable...

Update: Spain Begins Final Evacuation of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Update: Spain Begins Final Evacuation of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers

Mirian Gom May 10, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Spanish authorities say the final evacuation flight for passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise...

WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk

Mirian Gom May 10, 2026

ABJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has reassured residents of Tenerife that the hantavirus outbreak linked...

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WHO Assembly Backs Precision Medicine Equity Drive

WHO Assembly Debates Global Health Reforms, Others

Ebola Crisis Deepens as WHO Warns Global Health Systems

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods

Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship

Spain, WHO Praise Cruise Ship Hantavirus Emergency Response Cooperation

Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response

Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak

Update: Spain Begins Final Evacuation of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers

WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk

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