Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:49:48 Z
The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in...
WHO calls for urgent action to address worldwide disruptions in tuberculosis services putting millions of lives at risk
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:32:24 Z
On the occasion on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, marked on 24 March, the World Health Organization...
Three cities honoured for public health achievements at 2025 Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:09:02 Z
Today, during the annual Partnership for Healthy Cities ...
Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:33:09 Z
Concurring with the advice unanimously expressed by the Committee during the meeting, the WHO Direct...
Nearly 50 million people sign up call for clean air action for better health
Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:49:36 Z
In an unprecedented show of unity, more than 47 million health professionals, patients, advocates, r...
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
Ahead of ...
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...