Countries join voices for better emergency preparedness against next pandemic
COVID-19 will not be the world’s last health emergency and there is an urgent need for sustainable health emergency preparedness to deal with the...
Uganda receives COVID-19 equipment from WHO
The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has hailed the support of the donor partners and the United Nations Family towards Uganda’s efforts...
WHO partnership to make 120 million quality #Covid-19 rapid tests available and affordable for low and middle-income countries
The Access to #Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator has announced a set of agreements to make high-quality #Covid-19 antigen rapid tests available, for low and...
Tobacco responsible for 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease
Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Heart...
#Covid-19: WHO urges gov’ts to keep health workers safe for patients to be safe
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments and health care leaders to address persistent threats to the health and safety of health...
