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WHO To Procure Thousands Of Monkeypox Tests For Africa, Urges Fair Access
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, on Thursday, said the health body is procuring thousands…
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UNHCR Warns Global Food Crisis Will Drive Record Displacement Levels Higher
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday, warned a food security crisis fuelled by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is…
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Senegalese President Sall Reassured & Happy After Talks With Russian President
Senegalese President Macky Sall, who chairs the African Union, on Friday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that African countries are…
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WHO Expects Covid-19 Deaths In African Continent To Fall By Nearly 94% In 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said it is estimated that the number of deaths on the African continent…
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Senegalese President Sall To Meet Russian President Putin In Sochi On Friday
Senegalese President Macky Sall, who is also the head of the African Union, will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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WHO Says Monkeypox Outbreak Unlikely To Turn Into A Global Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that it does not believe that the recent monkeypox outbreak outside Africa…
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WHO: Monkeypox Outbreak Presents A Moderate Risk To Global Public Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the monkeypox virus has now been confirmed in 23 countries, reported Reuters.…
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Africa CDC Director Warns Against Vaccine Hoarding Over Monkeypox Outbreak
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director on Thursday said he hoped there will be no vaccine…
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WHO Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus Says COVID-19 Pandemic Is Most Certainly Not Over
The World Health Organization (WHO) head on Sunday warned the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing, despite the decisions of many nations…
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WMO: 50 Percent Chance Of Global Temperature Breaching 1.5C Warming Within 5 Years
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that there is a 50 percent chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5…
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UNDP Says African Countries Face ‘Unprecedented’ Crisis Due To Ukraine War
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday said Africa faces an unprecedented crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war that…
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WHO Says Africa Seeing An Increase In Covid-19 Cases Driven By South Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said Africa is witnessing an increase in Covid-19 cases largely driven by a…
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WHO, UNICEF Warns About Perfect Storm Of Disease Ahead As Measles Cases Shoots Up
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday warned of an increased…
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WHO Chief Says World Has Turned Blind To COVID-19 Transmission, Evolution
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday urged the countries to conduct proper Covid-19 testing…
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UN Aid Chief Warns Two Million Children At Risk Of Starvation In Horn Of Africa
The United Nations (UN) aid chief Martin Griffiths on Tuesday warned that close to 2 million children are at risk…
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WHO Says Over Million African Children Vaccinated Against Malaria
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have received…
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WHO Says COVID-19 Cases, Deaths In Africa Drop To Lowest Levels Yet
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to…
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WHO Emergency Committee On Covid-19 Warns Covid Still A Global Emergency
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 on Wednesday warned coronavirus still remains a major public health danger,…
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WHO Study Claims 65% Of Africans Have Had COVID-19, Far More Than Estimated
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study claims up to 65% population of the African continent has been infected with…
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WHO Warns 99% Of People On Earth Breathe Air Containing Too Many Pollutants
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that almost 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too…
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WHO Calls For Caution As African Countries Scale Back On COVID-19 Measures
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for caution as African countries curtail COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine measures with…
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UN Chief Guterres Calls For Extreme Weather Warning Systems For Everyone On Earth
The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday said that it will spearhead a new project to ensure every person on Earth…
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Warns World ‘Sleepwalking’ To Climate Catastrophe
The United Nations (UN) chief UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”…
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WHO Announces Launch Of Mass Polio Vaccination Drive In Five African Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced more than 80 million vaccination doses against wild poliovirus type 1 will…
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WHO Chief Warns Countries To Remain Vigilant Against COVID-19 As Cases Rise Again
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned countries to remain vigilant against COVID-19 as the latest…
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