By Joke Kujenya CALLS FOR increased global investment in maternal and newborn health to prevent the deaths of nearly 300,000 women and over 2 million newborns annually were the high points of the 2025 World Health Day yesterday, April 7. Dr. Pascale Allotey, WHO’s Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, emphasized that...
By Joke Kujenya NEARLY ONE-THIRD of adults worldwide, roughly 1.8 billion people, failed to meet recommended physical activity levels in 2022, highlighting a significant global health issue. This marks a 5% increase in physical inactivity since 2010, a trend that threatens to escalate further. If current patterns persist, inactivity rates coul...
By Paul Ejime News Analysis: IT IS ANOTHER World Malaria Day (WMD) today, one year after the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended two candidate anti-malaria vaccines for the prevention of the mosquito-borne disease which afflicts more than 247 million people worldwide causing some 619,000 deaths. Africa bears the highest burden of malar...
