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Schools should only close as a last resort while research is under way into whether the new coronavirus variants affect children differently, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. The debate on shutting schools during the…

‎ The coronavirus mutation first found in Britain has now spread to 50 territories, according to the World Health Organization, while a similar South African-identified strain has now been found in 20. The UN body also noted a third…

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday lamented that the mental health disorder cases have doubled in Boko Haram ravaged Borno State. WHO said this while handing over a renovated…

World Health Organisation (WHO) says an estimated five per cent of all cervical cancer cases are attributable to HIV globally, while women living with HIV have a six-fold increased risk of cervical cancer. WHO, in a statement…

‎The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections soaring past 54 million and claiming…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that everyone has a duty to support older people in realizing their human rights and living with dignity. The WHO lamented that as a result of the prevailing COVID-19 more…

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri Residents of Borno State have come out to give a vote of confidence to the monthly administration of malaria prevention drug. The World Health Organisation and Borno State Government have administered…

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri Parents of the child last infected by poliomyelitis in Africa on Friday counseled other parents to bring their children out for immunization. Speaking in Maiduguri on Friday when the child (Modu…

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has formally declared Nigeria and the African Region free of wild poliovirus. The ARCC Chairperson, Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke who stated this in…