The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 virus has not been detected in breastmilk till date and so it is unlikely that it can be transmitted through breastmilk. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, said this in its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO to commemorate the 2020 World Breastfeeding Week which runs from Aug. ...

A World Health Organisation team in China to probe the origins of COVID-19 had “extensive discussions” and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The talks included updates on animal health research, he said. China shut down a wildlife market in Wuhan at the start of ...

Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID-19, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday, as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection. “WHO recommends that mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should be encouraged the same as all other mothers to initiate or continue breastfeeding,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday that while there were strong hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for the coronavirus that has infected millions around the world. “There is no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be,” director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual ...

Director-General NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye says the coronavirus pandemic has transformed into a catalyst for investment into the nation’s health sector, after decades of neglect. She believes that a brighter future awaits Nigeria because COVID-19 has become a wake up ...

The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organisation (WHO) has faced, its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. Only with strict adherence to health measures, from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, would the world manage to beat it, ...

Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday. WHO is working to ensure fair vaccine distribution, but in the meantime it is key to suppress the virus’s spread, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) are collaborating to enhance research and development of traditional medicines for COVID-19 in Africa. WHO Regional Office for Africa in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo on Wednesday stated that the organisations had inaugurated a committee ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Equateur Province has continued to increase, causing major concern as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners face critical funding gaps. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, raised the concern in a statement posted on its website on Friday. According to the ...

The World Health Organisation warned Monday that too many countries were bungling their response to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning there could be no return to normalcy any time soon. After a daily record of 230,000 new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, the UN health agency said the pandemic was only going to get worse unless ...