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...
Uganda to use convalescent plasma for treatment of COVID-19
The Minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has launched the randomized clinical trial for use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) for treatment of...
#Covid-19: $35 billion needed to produce two billion vaccine doses
The Director-General of World Health Organisations (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed that a total of $35 billion is still needed for the...
