UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive substances under international control
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:32:35 Z
Following recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Commission o...
Frank, in-depth discussion as Belgium and WHO map ahead priorities for collaboration
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:49:23 Z
In a three-day strategic dialogue, Belgium and WHO reviewed progress in their longstanding partnersh...
WHO and Switzerland cement cooperation until 2028
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:38:51 Z
WHO and Switzerland have announced the renewal of their cooperation strategy for the period 2024-202...
Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and untreated – WHO
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:09:55 Z
Haemorrhage – severe heavy bleeding – and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leadi...
WHO announces new collaborating centre on AI for health governance
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:44:23 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft Universit...
WHO and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sign agreements in support of health priorities
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:48:53 Z
The Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum 2025 was a significant event that underscored the contin...
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025–2026 northern hemisphere influenza season
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:26:21 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of...
Humanitarian access improves quality of polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:55:23 Z
A five-day mass polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip concluded on Wednesday, reaching nea...
New WHO and ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among gamers
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:14:14 Z
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Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 – Temporary recommendations
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:18:07 Z
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the third meeting of the I...
WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:38:40 Z
What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement fo...
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:17:16 Z
The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination ca...
WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of
childhood cancer medicines
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:52:48 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have commenced distr...
Dire health and humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo prompts escalation of efforts by WHO, partners
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:31:52 Z
The recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significa...
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:51:31 Z
Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical...
Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:39:24 Z
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
WHO and partners enable access to candidate vaccine and treatments for outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:00:19 Z
WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s respons...
WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:13:30 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocercias...
Guinea eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:26:42 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human...
WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:19:43 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep concern about the implications of the immediat...
Georgia certified malaria-free by WHO
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:47:07 Z
Following a nearly century-long effort, Georgia has been certified malaria-free by the World Heal...
WHO comments on United States' announcement of intent to withdraw
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:04:49 Z
The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to ...
The ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:33:18 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the Gaza ceasefire, hostage and prisoner release dea...
WHO launches US$ 1.5 billion Health Emergency Appeal to tackle unprecedented global health crises
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:14:20 Z
Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled gl...
WHO prequalifies diagnostic test to support safer administration of P. vivax malaria treatments
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:56:44 Z
On 18 December 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first diagnostic test f...