Syria ‘chemical’ Attack
International outrage is mounting over a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of civilians in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria on Tuesday morning. AFP's correspondent in the town of Khan...
Tag: World Health Organization
One In 10 US Women With Zika Had Deformed Fetus Or Baby
About one in 10 women in the United States who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant had a fetus or baby with deformities last year, US government scientists said Tuesday. The study released...
Nestle Ghana Leads Fight Against Under-Nutrition
Nestle Ghana Limited has launched a nationwide campaign to fight under-nutrition in children and stunting. It involves visiting schools and the communities to educate the people, especially mothers...
Somalia Al-Shabab Islamist Militants Kidnap Aid Workers
For al-Shabab fighters, kidnapping for ransom is often a financial weapon Four aid workers have been kidnapped by members of the Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, reports say. They are...
Iran Cleric Says Bad Driving A Sin As 700 Die Over New Year
Some 700 people were killed over the Persian new year on roads in Iran, which are among the deadliest in the world despite Islamic leaders declaring bad driving a sin. The two-week break for Nowruz...
Vaccine Cost Cripples Response To Outbreak
Nigeria needs as many as 800,000 doses of the type C meningitis vaccine to deal with the outbreak Nigeria does not have enough vaccine doses to deal with a deadly meningitis outbreak because they are...
AMEND, Puma Energy Launch Road Safety Programme For Students
AMEND-Ghana, with support from Puma Energy Foundation, has launched a road safety programme to protect school children in an effort to reduce road accidents. The project, which has been endorsed by...
Hamas To Allow UN, Red Cross Workers To Leave Gaza
Hamas will allow foreign UN and Red Cross workers to leave Gaza, the Islamist movement ruling the Palestinian enclave said Saturday, after closing the only foot crossing with Israel. Hamas shut the...
UN Agency Suspends Gaza Missions After Hamas Restrictions
A United Nations political agency suspended its missions to Gaza Friday after the Hamas authorities in the Palestinian enclave partly closed the key border crossing into Israel, a source said. The UN...
S.Korea’s Park Goes Behind Bars
Daughter of a dictator and later head of state herself, South Korea's Park Geun-Hye has spent nearly two decades living in Seoul's sprawling presidential palace. Now she will be locked in a cell,...
Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since November last year, senior health officials said on Thursday. The head of the...
Good Leaders Always Learn New Things!
All over the world, wealth and promotion have come to those who have learnt new things and implemented them. These new things are called innovations. Innovations are the source of wealth in our world...
Eagles To Reunite For Latest US Mega-Festival
The Eagles will play their first full concert since the death of co-founder Glenn Frey as they headline the latest festival of mega-stars from classic rock. Fleetwood Mac, Journey, and Earth, Wind &...
Bring Back Our Rights To Water
What is the circumference of the planet earth? No need to be specific, but we know it would make a baobab tree look very, very small. With that in mind, consider this, if all the people living in...
India Court Bans Sale of 800,000 Cars Over Emission Levels
India's top court Wednesday banned the sale of more than 800,000 new cars which fall short of new emissions standards, declaring public health more important than company profits. The Supreme Court...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills Nearly 270 In Nigeria
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria, public health officials said Wednesday. "Presently we have 1,828...
Alarm As Measles Spreads Across Europe
Measles is making its way across Europe at an alarming rate, shocking new figures reveal. Cases of the highly contagious infection have tripled in Italy so far this year, while Romania has also...
US Researchers Develop Rapid Blood Test For TB
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and treatment of the serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection. One of the oldest...
UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and the United Nations children ‘s fund are planning a massive immunization campaign...
India’s First FIFA Tournament To Be Staged In Delhi
The Under-17 World Cup will kick off in New Delhi, marking India's first-ever FIFA tournament, world football's governing body said Monday despite initial concern over air quality in the world's most...