The World Health Organization (WHO) is an independent UN specialised agency with 194 member countries. The organisation is governed democratically by the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly, ...

This initiative is closely linked to the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII), unveiled in December ...

Regional conflicts will continue to erupt in future, but they will be checked by local balances of power, the enhanced ...

The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association has strongly rejected the Federal Government’s proposed salary structure for medical doctors, ...

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) maintains that all origin hypotheses for the Covid-19 pandemic remain viable after an ...

Thimerosal has long been considered safe by health agencies worldwide, with its use already limited to a few multi-dose flu ...

Dr. Theresa Tam was named Canada's Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) in June 2017. As the federal government's lead public health professional, she provides guidance to help protect the people of ...

This is because, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), our exposure to protective or harmful determinants are “shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) began estimating the environmental disease burden in 2000, which is the basis for the modern estimation approach being adopted in the Global Burden of Disease ...