In a statement issued on Thursday, World Health Organisation (WHO) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for “emergency use” It is the first vaccine granted emergency use authorisation by the WHO, and according to Pfizer and BioNTech, it is said to be 90 percent effective. It has also been approved in countries such as the UK, US, […]
Continue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Greenlight Planet are taking job applications for the following positions: Field Manager, New Products, and Services at Greenlight Planet, Lagos Qualifications Has prior experience in consumer research/insights, specifically in rural sub-Saharan Africa, and specifically with smallholder farmers, including focus groups, usability studies, and pilot programs that led to scale-up. […]
Continue Reading
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has recommended that every adult should consume less than five grammes of salt; less than one teaspoon daily to maintain a healthy life. WHO, on its Twitter Handle @WHOAFRO, on Saturday, said most people still consumed too much salt, an average of nine to 12 grammes daily or about twice […]
Continue Reading
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a new drug – Carbetocin – has the potential to save thousands of women’s lives in childbirth annually. WHO said Carbetocin now serves as a new competition – with improved benefits – to Oxytocin, a stand-by drug used to prevent potentially-fatal bleeding after childbirth. WHO said excessive […]
Continue Reading
No fewer than 250,000 women are killed by cervical cancer every year with 85 per cent of these deaths occuring in low- and middle-income countries, particularly, Africa and Asia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The UN health agency underlined the importance of vaccinating girls against the cancer-causing virus and screening programmes to detect […]
Continue Reading