The World Health Organisation has called for increased taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce deaths from drinking alcohol and unhealthy behaviours. The WHO, in a press statement on Tuesday, said globally 2.6 million people die from drinking alcohol every year and over eight ...

By  Lara Adejoro The World Health Organisation, on Tuesday, said the violence that broke out in Sudan on Saturday had claimed  270 lives while about 2,600 people had been injured. The Director General, WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this at a virtual press briefing on Tuesday. Violence ...

The World Health Organisation has said that no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better-paid opportunities in wealthier nations. They continue to seek better-paid opportunities in wealthier nations that have stepped up efforts to ...