As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2021 World No Tobacco Day, WNTD, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Monday, expressed concern over 16, 100 Nigerians killed annually by tobacco
World no-tobacco day – ‘Commit to Quit’ Dr. Bontle Mbongwe is the esteemed recipient of the 2018 International Network for Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) Achievement Award, the WHO Director General’s award for leadership in global tobacco control, University of Botswana’s Head of Environmental Health Programmes. This week Dr. Mbongwe sat down with Voice Woman to […]
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an international treaty to boost pandemic preparedness, as part of sweeping reforms envisioned by member states.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told its annual ministerial assembly that the U.N. agency faced a serious challenge to maintain its COVID-19 response at the current level and required sustainable and flexible funding.