75% of deaths worldwide caused by cancer, diabetes, others
By Blessing Chinagorom The World Health Organisation has revealed that Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), like that of cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic ...
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WHO rescues 32 critical patients out of Gaza amid hostilities
The World Health Organization has led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex ...
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WHO DG: Why the World still not prepared for a pandemic
World Health Organisation WHO Director- General, Dr Tedro Ghebreyesus has restated that although some progress has been made since 2019 ...
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Sudan’s health crisis made worse by food insecurity, WHO says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the Sudan’s health crisis is made worse by food insecurity, adding that the ...
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WHO: Estimated 8.7m lives lost to tobacco every year
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Tobacco remains one of the biggest public health threats the world ever faced, ...
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Cancer: Estimated at 20m new cases, 9.7m deaths in 2022 – WHO
The World Health Organisation WHO has disclosed that year before last (2022), there were an estimated 20 million new cancer ...
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WHO Board appoints Regional Directors for Southeast Asia, others
Three new Regional Directors were appointed by World Health Organisation’s Executive Board to lead in the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia, ...
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WHO launches $1.5bn appeal fund aim at covering 87m people
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, has launched an appeal for US$ 1.5 billion to protect the health of ...
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Cabo Verde joins ranks of 43 countries certified as malaria-free
By Blessing Chinagorom It is a significant achievement in global health as Cabo Verde has been certified by the World ...
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Over 400,000 infectious cases of diseases reported in Gaza
United Nations has revealed that since the October 7 attack that resulted into conflict in Gaza, more than 400,000 cases ...
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