By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISK OF pandemics and deadly disease outbreaks has increased compared with the period before COVID despite advances in vaccines and diagnostics, a report by scientific experts have disclosed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the caution comes amid Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks overseas and one of Australia...
By Joke Kujenya MORE THAN a third of all cancer cases globally are preventable, according to a recent analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the analysis found that in 2022 there were nearly 19 million new cases of cancer, with roughly 38 percent of diagnoses linked to 30 changeable risk factors. [&hell...
By Joke Kujenya CONCERN OVER a hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise vessel MV Hondius has spread across social media following the deaths of three passengers and several reported illnesses during a voyage across the Atlantic. JKNewsMedia.com reports the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that the outbreak most likely did no...
By Joke Kujenya ENDING MALARIA is now within reach as advances in science and innovation deliver new tools, even as global figures show the fight remains far from over. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the World Malaria Day 2026 centres on a renewed global campaign launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners under the theme [...
By Joke Kujenya ACCESS TO free treatment has transformed the fight against leprosy, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, as millions of people continue to rely on multidrug therapy to prevent disability and stop the spread of the disease. WHO also disclosed its renewed commitment to a leprosy-free world, highlighting the importance o...
By Joke Kujenya CONTRIBUTING TO about 3.7 million deaths worldwide in 2024 and costing more than US$3 trillion annually, obesity has become one of the most significant global health challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated. Similarly, childhood obesity has overtaken underweight as the most widespread form of malnutrition, with o...
By Joke Kujenya SILENT BUT deadly, lead exposure continues to harm millions worldwide each year despite decades of awareness and regulation. The World Health Organization (WHO) has therefore renewed its call for urgent global action as the thirteenth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week begins from 19 to 25 October 2025, under the the...
By Joke Kujenya INCREASING NEUROLOGICAL disorders have emerged as one of the world’s most urgent public health threats, with the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that less than one in three countries has a national policy to address the growing burden of brain-related diseases now responsible for over 11 million deaths each year. The n...
By Joke Kujenya UNCONTROLLED HIGH Blood pressure remains one of the world’s most persistent and deadly health challenges, with 1.4 billion people living with hypertension in 2024, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest Global Hypertension Report. The report shows that only just over one in five of those affected have manage...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL CHOLERA statistics released by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the disease has killed more people for the second consecutive year, with over 6,000 deaths recorded in 2024 despite cholera being both preventable and treatable. The new data revealed that reported cholera cases rose by 5 per cent and deaths [&...
