The World Health Organisation Africa Regional Director-elect, Dr Faustine Ndugulile, is dead. He died on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Born in 1969, Ndugulile was a Tanzanian politician and renowned public health expert. In August 2024, Ndugulile was nominated as the next Regional Director for the WHO African Region, taking the reins from Dr Matshidiso Moeti,…
No fewer than 25 persons have been confirmed dead as a result of a Gastroenteritis outbreak, otherwise known as Cholera, in three Local Government Areas of the state out of a total of 1,160 cases recorded in the state. The state Commissioner of Health, Asabe Balarabe, disclosed this on Monday while speaking to newsmen. The…
The World Health Organisation has listed the first mpox in vitro diagnostic test under its Emergency Use Listing procedure, marking an important step in improving global access to mpox testing. In a statement released on Thursday, WHO announced that the emergency use approval of the Alinity m MPXV assay, manufactured by Abbott Molecular Inc., will…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern over antibiotics production in many countries. WHO, in a statement, issued recommendations for the safe production of antibiotics for the first time. WHO reported that too many active substances from pharmaceutical factories often end up in wastewater and the environment, which could promote the spread of…
The Edo State Government said on Monday that two persons died of diphtheria in the state. Stephenson Ojeifo, the Director of Public Health in the Edo State Ministry of Health, disclosed this in Benin City. Ojeifo said the deaths were recorded between January and August 2024. He explained that the deaths were from the six…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says it needs 87.4 million dollars for more than six months to work with countries, partners and other stakeholders to contain the current outbreak of Mpox. The world health body in a statement on Tuesday said the fund would be used to implement critical activities outlined in the global Strategic…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) to address human-to-human transmission of Mpox. Announced on Monday, the plan spans from September 2024 to February 2025 and requires $135 million in funding. It aims to coordinate global, regional, and national efforts, improve surveillance and response strategies, ensure equitable…
The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of the deadly Mpox infection in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, made this disclosure at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Oreh said the state had already put its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre on high alert to respond to further…
The World Health Organization, WHO, says the Mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, saying much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. The WHO’s European director, Hans Kluge, stated this on Tuesday, adding that while more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into…
Following the initial alert and advisory issued by the Lagos State Ministry of Health on the cholera outbreak, the Lagos State Government has activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. The PHEOC was convened to address the increasing number of severe gastroenteritis cases across multiple Local Government Areas (LGAs)…
