Women of childbearing age should be ‘prevented’ from drinking alcohol – WHO
The WHO’s Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030 states that “appropriate attention” should be given to…
Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back…
G7 Health Ministers to speed up cooperation against future pandemics
According to the official statement, a Therapeutics and Vaccines Clinical Trials Charter will soon be…
10% of every country’s population must be vaccinated by September: WHO Chief
Photo: World Health Assembly participants World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for a…
WHO says that COVID-19 death toll is likely a ‘significant undercount’
Official tolls showing the number of deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic…
Vaccinations’ gap creates risk of “vaccine apartheid”, says WHO Chief
COVID-19 Pandemic: The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that at least 63 million doses…
Pandemic’s second year to be far more deadly than the first warns WHO
World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “We’re on track for the second year…
Concerns raised as Covid cases double in The Seychelles despite an almost fully vaccinated population
Seychelles, which has vaccinated more of its population against Covid-19 than any other country, saw…
WHO panel authorises emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by…
Worldwide vaccinations reach the 1 Billion mark – the majority administered in rich countries
The number of coronavirus vaccine shots administered worldwide has passed 1 billion, according to multiple data trackers, with…