Global Health & WHO

7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (522+ words) LAGOS — The Lagos Ikoyi Lions Club, under Lions Clubs International District 404A3 Nigeria, has inaugurated Lion Tope Ojo as its 39th president for the 2026/2027 Lions year, alongside members of its Board of Directors. Ojo succeeds Lion Pat Marcus-Jinadu, under whose leadership he…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (617+ words) Ghana has renewed its call for a country-led global health system, with Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh telling the World Health Summit in Berlin that international health policies must be shaped with countries rather than imposed on them. His remarks…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (411+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has been honoured at the 2026 World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, for what organisers described as his “outstanding leadership and commitment to advancing global health”. The award, a Berliner Bär bearing the World Health Summit insignia,…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (724+ words) The Kontire Obaapanin of Ejisu Besease, Nana Yaa Aninwaa Boddom, together with the Magmina Foundation, has embarked on a breast cancer awareness and free breast examination exercise for women and young ladies at Besease in the Ashanti Region. The initiative…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (121+ words) His audit experience includes discussions involving areas such as: One of the distinctive areas of Mr. Udani’s professional experience is his exposure to biotechnology manufacturing facilities and blood plasma-derived products. His translation services may include: Pre-audit meetings → Regulatory inspections → Plant…...

4+ hour ago   (295+ words) These are threats to health and life on earth. The malicious use of AI and nuclear conflict carry the potential for catastrophic extinction of the idea of life and planet. Social, political and economic conditions produce and impose these threats…...

52+ min ago   (425+ words) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said it still doesn’t know what caused the pneumonia that killed a Russian anti-plague researcher earlier this month, but it noted that no case of plague has been registered. Meanwhile, the United Nations-backed…...

49+ min ago   (355+ words) Suspicions of plague infection have been raised after a researcher at a Russian institute died of pneumonia of unknown cause. South Korean health authorities said the likelihood of the disease entering or breaking out in the country is very low....

34+ min ago   (1059+ words) It sounded familiar: Pneumonia reported near a lab studying infectious pathogens in a country where the government is known to conceal unfavorable information. Conflicting reports and unanswered questions about a potential pneumonic plague death in Russia on Oct. 2 returned memories…...

49+ min ago   (564+ words) Published October 10, 2026 Global experts warn that today’s decisions across health, finance, climate, defense and security sectors will determine how many years of good health future generations gain – or lose – to preventable illness and early death by 2100. Read more about the…...