Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | More than one million children in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have received one or extra doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine as efforts to eradicate the disease in the continent gathers steam, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday ahead of World Malaria Day …
Read More »COVID-19 still a global health emergency despite drop in cases, deaths: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | As the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the pandemic remains a public health emergency, advising countries to be prepared to scale up COVID-19 response rapidly. “On COVID-19, there’s good news. Last week, …
Read More »WHO calls on mitigating climate crisis for health protection
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | On the occasion of the World Health Day which falls on April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on all governments to take concrete actions to mitigate the climate crisis for the health of our planet and the health of humans. The theme for this …
Read More »WHO warns severe air pollutions
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Almost the entire global population, or 99 percent, breathes air that exceeds air quality limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN health agency said in a statement on Monday. Even though a record number of more than 6,000 cities in 117 countries now …
Read More »COVID-19 virus likely continues to evolve but severity reduces over time: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is likely to keep evolving as transmission continues globally, but its severity will reduce due to immunity acquired by vaccination and infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Speaking at an online briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros …
Read More »Six African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Six African countries will be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be part of a project that aims …
Read More »WHO warns of “tsunami of cases” from Omicron, Delta
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Wednesday that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s response since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Director-General …
Read More »WHO chief says blanket vaccine booster programs may prolong COVID-19 pandemic
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Blanket vaccine booster programs are likely to prolong the COVID-19 pandemic rather than ending it, as a result of unequal distribution of vaccines between rich and poor countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a …
Read More »Omicron variant may change course of COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Certain features of the Omicron variant, including its global spread and large number of mutations, suggest it could have a major impact on the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday. With the Omicron variant now present …
Read More »WHO set to vaccinate 40 pct population of every country against COVID-19 by end 2021
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday an initiative to vaccinate 40 percent of the population of every country against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by mid-2022, by prioritizing vaccine delivery to low-income countries, particularly those in Africa. “Today, WHO is …
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