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WHO Results Report 2023 shows notable health achievements and calls for concerted drive toward Sustainable Development Goals

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Results Report 2023, the most comprehensive to date, showcases achievement of key public health milestones, even amid greater global humanitarian health needs driven by conflict, climate change and disease outbreaks.  The report is released ahead of the 2024 Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, which runs 27 May – 1 June 2024. WHO’s revised Programme Budget for… Read More
Human Rights 

UN expert raises alarm over unfair treatment of pro-Palestinian student protesters in US

Village Reporter
“I am deeply troubled by the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, arrests, detentions, police violence, surveillance and disciplinary measures and sanctions against members of the educational community exercising their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression,” UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed said, in a statement at the end of an official visit to the… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

I’m Only Singer Nigerians Listen To For Two Hours – Brymo Brags

Village Reporter,
Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ Often known as Brymo, a Nigerian singer, claimed to be the only musician whose music can be listened to for two hours. The singer made this statement during an interview with Chude Jideonwo, the host of X’s weekly interview series #WithChude. On Friday, a short video of the interview was uploaded. Brymo said, “There’s no Nigerian artiste alive… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Meghan Markle faces heartbreak as she misses out on Mother’s Day while on Nigeria tour

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Meghan Markle is facing a heartbreaking weekend as she misses out on Mother’s Day with her two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are proud parents to two young children, are currently in Nigeria for their “unofficial royal tour”. The former senior royals touched down in the West African country in the early… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

New guidance aims to reduce bloodstream infections from catheter use

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The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes the first global guidelines to prevent the occurrence of bloodstream and other infections caused by use of catheters placed in minor blood vessels during medical procedures. Poor practices in the insertion, maintenance, and removal of these catheters carry a high risk of introducing germs directly to the bloodstream, which can lead to serious conditions… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

Governments agree to continue their steady progress on proposed pandemic agreement ahead of the World Health Assembly

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Governments of the world today agreed to continue working on a proposed pandemic agreement, and to further refine the draft, ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly that starts 27 May 2024. Governments meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva agreed to resume hybrid and in-person discussions over coming weeks to advance work on critical issues, including around… Read More
Africa Featured Gambia Human Rights West Africa World 

Gambia’s Fatou Baldeh to receive 2024 Women’s Rights Award

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Gambian women’s rights activist Fatou Baldeh will be honored with the Geneva Summit Women’s Rights Award later this month. She has been campaigning to end female genital mutilation, a practice that she survived and now dedicates herself to ending. Baldeh will receive the prestigious prize on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, a cross-regional… Read More
Development Health Advice 

World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation

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But now, there could be an easier alternative in the form of patches that can be simply applied to the skin, much like a sticking plaster. Early data from a vaccine patch trial in the Gambia has shown promising indications that it could be effective in protecting children from measles. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has been helping to… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports

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The current situation has reached an “unprecedented emergency level”, he said, and the most recent evacuation order by Israel has forced tens of thousands to flee. As part of the contingency effort, WHO and partners have been establishing field hospitals and supporting restoration of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, which will be used as a main referral hospital… Read More
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