By Ayomide Otitoju HEALTHEPI-WIN Webinar: Dengue: Managing a Rapidly Expanding EpidemicPublished 21 hours ago on August 1, 2023By Salman AhmadEPI-WIN Webinar: Dengue: Managing a Rapidly Expanding Epidemic(CTN News) – In the case of dengue (also known as bone-break fever), the virus that causes the infection is the dengue virus (DENV), which is transmitted to humans…
By Ayomide Otitoju In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is protected and supported, particularly in the workplace. This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme, “Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work” – UNICEF and WHO are emphasizing the…
By Ayomide Otitoju the World Health Organization (WHO) published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) which include important new medicines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular conditions, among others. The updated Model Lists aim to facilitate greater access to…
By Ayomide Otitoju Every year, an estimated 350 thousand children are diagnosed with cancer in low- and middle-income countries. Many of them cannot access the treatment they need. Only 25% of low-income countries cover childhood cancer medicines in their health benefit packages. This subjects children and families to significant suffering and financial hardship, or puts…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom has disclosed that science is very important in the fight against the prevalence of HIV/AIDS scourge in the society. He reiterated this in his keynote address at the 12th International AIDS Society conference on HIV Science. Below is the excerpts of…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed the spike in dengue fever to global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation, and a longer period of drought.Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s head of the Global Programme on Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, told journalists this at the UN in Geneva on Friday. “About half of the world’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju WHO’s Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, published today in all six UN languages, sets out the actions needed to improve access to care and treatment for people living with neurological disorders through a comprehensive, coordinated response across sectors. Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability-adjusted…
By Ayomide Otitoju This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to a batch of substandard (contaminated) NATURCOLD Syrup identified in Cameroon and first reported to WHO on 13 March 2023. All reasonable precautions have been taken by WHO to verify the information contained in this alert and this may be updated as more information becomes available….
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the first in a series of WHO public-benefit target product profiles (TPPs) for snakebite treatments, in order to improve the quality of antivenoms available in the market. This is the first-ever guidance to improve the quality of such products. The TPP is a document that…
