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The World Health Organisation advises that children under five get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy. According to new guidelines issued by the WHO on Wednesday, children under five…

At least 205 people have been killed and more than 900 wounded in the battle for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organisation said, on Thursday. Fighting broke out on April 4 when military strongman Khalifa Haftar…

By Joy Anyim Many health issues take the form of a fever in its early stage, this underscores the reason health care providers always advocate for immediate and swift visit to a health centre or a hospital  in such circumstances.…

Uganda has deployed a Health Team in the Eastern Region District of Tororo after a family received a body of relative who died in Ebola-hit Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson for the ministry of…

The World Health Organisation, (WHO), on Sunday, said it has increase its efforts to support West African countries, in the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak. This was made known in a statement by the Communication Manager, Collins…

Chinese people will face an increasing burden from chronic non-communicable diseases as the country’s population is aging rapidly, Peking Union Medical College and the Chinese Aging Well Association said. “By 2030, the burden of chronic…

As the world commemorates the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Wednesday, three UN agencies in Uganda say the practice has drastically gone down in the East African Country. Evidence shows that…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognised as a malaria-free country is an “extraordinary outcome”. Executive Director of the Global Fund, a UN-backed partnership to end malaria epidemics, Peter…

Nigeria is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other stakeholder to tackle the menace of Noma, a gangrene affecting the face, usually caused by bacterial infection. The disease typically occur in young children who are…