A new case of death has been recorded this Monday, April 03, 2023 of a people affected by the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea by the country’s health authorities. “This new case brings to 10 the number of dead people since more than two months that this virus close to …
Read More »Several countries demand prosecution for sexual abuse by WHO members
More than 50 countries warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday that they demanded that members of the UN organization who committed sexual abuse be prosecuted. People who have experienced sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment must also receive appropriate support, countries said at the UN health agency’s Executive Board …
Read More »WHO deplores attacks against primates in Brazil over monkeypox fear
The World Health Organization (WHO) assured on Tuesday that the monkeypox epidemic raging around the world is not linked to primates, deploring attacks on these animals in Brazil. The WHO, questioned about reports of attacks on monkeys in Brazil said the monkeypox epidemic is not linked to monkeys. “People need …
Read More »Health: New York calls for new name for monkeypox
New York City on Tuesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox, a name deemed stigmatizing and which risks pushing patients to isolate themselves rather than to seek treatment. New York City Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, in a letter to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …
Read More »Health: Find out how many people have been affected by monkeypox so far
The World Health Organization (WHO) said laboratories around the world confirmed 5,322 cases of monkeypox, an increase of more than 50% from the previous assessment on June 22. “WHO continues to ask countries to pay particular attention to cases of monkeypox, to try to limit contamination,” Fadela Chaib told a …
Read More »WHO warns African countries against easing Covid restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned African countries leaders against easing restrictions against the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO is concerned as most African countries are rolling back Covid-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. It says this is especially “worrisome in a continent that still has the lowest rates of vaccination …
Read More »Cameroon: Death toll rises as cholera continues to wreak havoc
The Cameroonian Ministry of Public Health said that as of February 14, 1,242 cases of cholera have been detected in the country, including 35 deaths. “Five of the ten regions in Cameroon are affected by the disease,” the ministry said. It was first detected in January in the South West …
Read More »COVID-19: South Africa creates its own Moderna vaccine
South African laboratory Afrigen Biologics said on Thursday it had used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to create its own version of the vaccine. According to the Director of the society, Petro Terblanche, the vaccine could be tested in humans before the end of this …
Read More »COVID-19: “The pandemic is far from being finished”- WHO boss
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned on Tuesday that the covid-19 pandemic is far from over as the Omicron variant seems to be less dangerous for leaders. Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus said the Covid-19 “is far from over,” and warned against the idea that the Omicron …
Read More »WHO urges countries to take ‘rational’ measures against Omicron risk
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, voiced concern on Tuesday that some states are introducing blanket measures aimed at the Omicron coronavirus variant that he said were “not evidence-based or effective on their own”. Dr Tedros said these were penalising southern African countries that reported …
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