By Joke Kujenya SaAFE HEALTH care is a right every child should enjoy, yet for millions across the world, it remains an unmet need. From birth to early childhood, the risks are higher than at any other stage of life, the World Health Organisation (WHO), has noted. Also, rapid development, fragile immune systems, and dependence […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UPDATED EDITIONS of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) now feature new treatments for several cancers, diabetes with comorbidities such as obesity, as well as medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemop...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has issued its first global guideline to help healthcare professionals improve pregnancy outcomes for women living with sickle cell disease, marking a significant step toward addressing what it calls a growing and life-threatening maternal health challenge. Sickl...
By Joke Kujenya NEARLY ONE million deaths worldwide are now tied to loneliness, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has raised alarm over the escalating health toll of social isolation. One in six people worldwide is affected, as loneliness and social isolation drive up the risk of strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, depress...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL LIFE expectancy plunged by 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021—wiping out a decade of progress, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s newly released World Health Statistics (WHS) 2025 report. The sharp drop, the steepest in recent history, reflects the far-reaching toll of the year 2020 COVID-19 pandemic on lon...
