Most diabetics in Africa are unaware they have the condition, which increases the risk of serious illness and death in a region with the highest mortality rates associated with diabetes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their condition,...
Climate change is fueling outbreaks of climate-related diseases and health emergencies across the Horn of Africa, according to a new analysis released yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO). Disease outbreaks and public health emergencies have reached their highest level this century, deepening...
Vaccination against Covid-19 has stopped in half of African countries, while the monthly doses administered fell by more than 50% between July and September, the African department of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. "The end of the covid-19 pandemic is in sight, but as long as Africa lags far behind the rest of the...
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that he has decided to maintain the covid-19 pandemic as an international public health emergency, following the recommendation of the emergency committee. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus "agrees with the advice given by the committee regarding the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and determines that the event continues to...
Covid-19 has caused more than one million deaths worldwide since January, the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated Thursday, urging governments to accelerate vaccination as part of the population remains unimmunized. "We have passed the tragic milestone of one million deaths due to Covid-19 since the beginning of the year," said...
A total of 47 African states agreed today to mobilize more resources to strengthen the response to health emergencies on the continent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is holding its 72nd Regional Committee for Africa in Togo. "The covid-19 was a wake-up call for the African continent to prioritize building systems...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended yesterday, Thursday, the administration of a second booster dose of the covid-19 vaccine for the groups most vulnerable to severe disease due to reduced immunity against the Omicron variant. These groups include the elderly, and it is up to each country to define at what age, the...
New cases of Covid-19 dropped 9% worldwide last week, according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic released this Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations health agency cited by News to the Minute, revealed that 6.5 million cases were reported in the last week of July and...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a funding appeal for $123.7 million to address urgent needs of more than 80 million people in the Horn of Africa region. "It is estimated that more than 80 million people in the region's 7 countries - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan,...
Cases of covid-19 have doubled in the past month and a half globally, from about three million weekly to six million today, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday. "An increase in cases of infection means that there could be more hospitalizations and more deaths in the coming weeks," said...