Tag: World Health Organization
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Tobacco consumption highly injurious to health, general well being – WHO
The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has reiterated that tobacco consumption is highly injurious to health and overall well being of humans.
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More than 700,000 people commit suicide annually – W.H.O
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle income countries. WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo, said this in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD). Mulombo said that…
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WORLD HEALTH DAY: Stable Health Initiative to provide free preventive, emergency coverage in Nigeria
One ambulance is to serve 100,000 registrants
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COVID-19 in Africa peaks with 6,400 deaths recorded, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that weekly deaths from COVID-19 in Africa had reached a record peak in the week that ended on Aug. 1. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, disclosed this in a briefing to Correspondents at the UN headquarters, in New York, on COVID-19 situation in…
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FG launches Tobacco Free Nigeria campaign
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has today launched Tobacco Free Nigeria to campaign against the indiscriminate use of tobacco in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, in his remarks at the launch that held at the Nicon Luxury Abuja, said “Tobacco is the only drug that if taken accordingly like a…