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WHO boss in quarantine after contact gets COVID-19

The Director-General of the World Health Organization WHO – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gone into self-quarantine after one of his contacts recently tested positive for Covid-19. Ghebreyesus spoke on Monday during the weekly WHO covid19 briefing from isolation. He,…

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala wins WTO DG race

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s nominee for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has emerged winner of the competitive race. Dr. Okonjo- Iweala polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat South Korea’s Minister of Trade…

Journalist Benjamin Tetteh Speaks on U.S. election

It’s just four days away from the presidential elections in the United States of America. Presidential candidates and their campaign teams have been busy crisscrossing the country to woo votes. Incumbent Donald Trump criticized for his handling of the coronavirus…

Climate Change almost doubling natural disasters – UN

The United Nations says climate change has spurred close to doubling of natural disasters in the last 2 decades, the effect of which has led to extreme weather conditions, especially worsening wildfires, droughts and heatwaves. This is according to a…

Global Covid-19 infections on the increase – WHO

The World Health Organization has alarmed over the increasing number of new global Covid19 infections as it calls on governments to re-enforce measures to protect their populations. The head of the agency, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus says the majority of…

Two million babies stillborn yearly – New Report

The first joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs show that almost 2 million babies are stillborn every…

WHO begins executive board meeting on Covid-19 response

The World Health Organization WHO, on Monday, began a 2-day executive board meeting session on the current global covid19 pandemic response to follow up on the WHA73.1 resolution approved by the Member States earlier in May. The meeting will provide…

Human Rights Watch calls for an end to shackling

Human Rights Watch says hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world. It says in a new report released on Tuesday that men, women, and children, some as young as 10, are chained or…

Covid-19 disrupts mental health services – WHO

The World Health Organisation says COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing.  It says 130 countries provides the first global data showing the devastating…

Breast Cancer: Women should screen regularly – WHO

As the world commemorates the Breast Cancer Awareness month, women in low-income countries have been urged to regularly screen for cases of cancer.  Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that in 2018, there was an estimated 2.1 million…