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The World Health Organisation has called for increased taxes on alcohol and Sugary-Sweetened Beverages to reduce deaths from drinking alcohol and unhealthy behaviours. The WHO who made this known in a press statement on Tuesday, noted that globally, 2.6 million people die from drinking alcohol every year and over eight …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for caution to be exercised in using artificial intelligence (AI) generated large language model tools (LLMs) to protect and promote human well-being, human safety, and autonomy, and preserve public health.  LLMs include some of the most rapidly expanding platforms such as ChatGPT, Bard, …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent actions to protect most vulnerable children from deadly measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 disrupts immunisations. The UN agencies made the call in a statement posted on WHO website. According to the statement, the agencies have issued …

Philanthropists Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have hailed the declaration of Nigeria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being polio-free. The global health body on Tuesday certified Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free. The WHO Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) said the major milestone was achieved four years …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 10 countries account for 88 per cent (440,672) of all reported Coronavirus (COVID19) cases in the African Region. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in a report posted on its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Friday. The UN health agency …

Oil prices dropped on Monday, amid concerns that a record rise in COVID-19 infections could stall global recovery in fuel demand. The WHO Sunday reported a record daily rise in virus cases worldwide. In the US, Florida reported over 15 thousand new virus infections Sunday, the highest single-day total to …