Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General on the attack on the Sana'a airport, Yemen
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:01:57 Z
Our mission to negotiate the release of the United Nations staff detainees and to assess the heal...
Luxembourg and WHO sign two strategic agreements
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:44:44 Z
A Strategic Partnership Framework (SPF) with the Ministry of Development Cooperation and Humanitaria...
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:11 Z
Key points: Vaccination remains an important public health countermeasure ...
Lebanon: soaring needs for trauma treatment and rehabilitation
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:49:14 Z
The ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities took effect on 27 November, offering temporary rel...
President Macron, WHO Director-General, and global health leaders inaugurate WHO Academy in Lyon
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:44:09 Z
The WHO Academy in Lyon, France, officially opened its doors today with a high-profile inauguration ...
New WHO report reveals governments deprioritizing health spending
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:08:01 Z
The 2024 Global Heath Expenditure Report b...
Over 1 in 5 adults worldwide has a genital herpes infection – WHO
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:27:03 Z
Around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes infections &ndash...
Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:02:01 Z
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of mala...
Drowning deaths decline globally but the most vulnerable remain at risk
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:27:14 Z
WHO publishes its first-ever report on drowning prevention, which reveals a 38% drop in the global d...
WHO announces first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:20:12 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test...
New report highlights need for sustained investment in infection prevention and control programmes
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:40:50 Z
A large proportion of healthcare-associated infections can be prevented with improved IPC practices ...
Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:15:42 Z
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of ...
International Pathogen Surveillance Network announces first recipients of grants to better understand disease threats
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:10:30 Z
The World Health Or...
The first-ever global oral health conference highlights universal health coverage by 2030
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:02:12 Z
Delegations from over 110 countries are coming together to produce national roadmaps...
Lebanon: a conflict particularly destructive to health care
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:22:48 Z
Since 7 October 2023, 47% of attacks on health care – 65 out of 137 – have proven fat...
WHO Investment Round: culminating moment at G20 Summit as leaders pledge
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:11:47 Z
The first-ever Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached a culminating...
WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:07:50 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted ...
WHO and partners rally cervical cancer elimination efforts
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:35:08 Z
As world leaders arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 Summit this weekend, the city&rsqu...
Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:48:03 Z
Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 202...
Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over past decades
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:30:51 Z
The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupl...
IsDB joins efforts with WHO and development partners to promote health impact investment
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:44:46 Z
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) announced today an important grant allocation of US$ 10 million ...
WHO demands urgent integration of health in
climate negotiations ahead of COP29
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:32:52 Z
Ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29), the World Health Organization (WH...
Countries pledge to act on childhood violence affecting
some 1 billion children
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 06:03:45 Z
More than 100 governments today made historic commitments to end childhood violence, including ni...
Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:51:30 Z
The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, wit...
Vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:03:52 Z
The ...