Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus polio Stories
Global leaders and philanthropists have pledged $1.9 billion at an Abu Dhabi summit to support polio eradication, aiming to vaccinate 370 million chil...
Still, millions of children remain at risk. WHO estimates that in 2024, only 84 per cent of children received their first measles vaccine dose, and ju...
Infertility, defined by WHO as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse, can cause significa...
The plan has already secured a $300 million (Sh39 billion) pledge, signalling increasing political will to confront the escalating health emergency.
But a new report reveals that while progress has been made in the global fight against the disease, funding gaps endanger hard-won gains.
According to the WHO, health aid is expected to fall by 30 to 40 per cent in 2025 compared with 2023, threatening essential health services in many lo...
The report links this growing resistance to the misuse of antibiotics, poor infection control, and weak surveillance systems, particularly in developi...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the tobacco industry is “aggressively targeting young people” with new nicotine products.
According to WHO, NCDs, including heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory conditions, diabetes and mental health disorders, are responsible for mor...
The UN health agency stresses that mental health should be treated as a fundamental human right. Without urgent action, millions will continue to suff...
While expired makeup may seem harmless, dermatologists and ophthalmologists are warning that using old cosmetics can cause serious skin and eye proble...
As a result, Kumar will continue to face charges of orchestrating a complex fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded Prime Bank Limited of Sh706,989,273.
The event in Nadapal, Turkana, marked one year since the Arusha Peace Accord was signed in November 2024 by leaders of the Turkana, Karamojong, Toposa...
According to WHO, the attack at Al Mujilad hospital claimed the lives of both women and children, with the organisation's Sudan office confirming the...
The outbreak has worsened as many Sudanese who fled the ongoing civil war have returned to their homes in Khartoum, only to find damaged houses and co...
WHO pointed to mounting evidence that people living with untreated or poorly managed HIV are at significantly higher risk of developing severe complic...
Trans fats, especially those produced industrially, are commonly found in baked goods, margarine, vegetable shortening, fried foods, and products like...
The WHO donor base expanded this year with both long-standing supporters and new contributors providing fresh voluntary funding.
Even before the aid cuts led by the United States, things were backsliding in some countries, and progress has slowed globally since 2016, the report...
Following the death of Dr Ndugulile, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus formally submitted the names of five candidates for considera...
Malcolm X understood something painfully relevant today: The American empire does not just oppress — it manipulates. It does not just colonise — it ga...
The conflict has produced waves of ethnically driven violence blamed largely on the RSF, creating a humanitarian crisis.
WHO added that it remains committed to its mission of safeguarding public health, whether or not all member countries are part of the organisation, bu...
Tedros called for Abu Safiya's immediate release and said the Al-Ahli hospital had also faced attacks.
The vaccine, known as MVA-BN, is administered in two doses, four weeks apart, to individuals over 18 years.
In January 2023, WHO classified the global cholera resurgence as a grade three emergency, the highest level for internal emergencies.
The most recent case reported on Thursday in Sweden was linked to a Swedish traveller returning from Africa.
The UN-affiliated WHO said the emergency committee will be pulled together "as soon as possible" but did not provide a definite date for the meeting o...
The WHO urges countries to enhance policy implementation by promoting physical activity through community-based initiatives and supportive environment...
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infection...
