Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:27:44 Z
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization...
Health Works Leaders Coalition launched to promote health system investments and spur economic growth, job creation
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:54:06 Z
The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launc...
WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:27:10 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to s...
WHO upgrades its public health intelligence system to boost global health security
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:50:51 Z
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with key partners and supporters, launc...
11 million lives lost each year: urgent action needed on neurological care
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:41:18 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today warns that less than one in three countries around the wor...
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination' of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:19:27 Z
In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldi...
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:22:00 Z
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwid...
WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco
Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:18:40 Z
The world is smoking less, but the tobacco epidemic is far from over. A new ...
Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage
Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:55:25 Z
Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling ...
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2026 southern hemisphere influenza season
Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:38:34 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its recommendations for the viral composition of...
Member States advance vital work in support of WHO Pandemic Agreement
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:44:39 Z
WHO Member States are actively progressing with the development of the Pathogens Access and Benefit ...
World leaders show strong support for political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:41:54 Z
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global po...
WHO statement on autism-related issues
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:10:14 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific e...
Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:00:22 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing th...
EU renews support for WHO's Universal Health Coverage Partnership
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:26:44 Z
WHO and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on achieving universal health cover...
Amended International Health Regulations enter into force
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:07:54 Z
Today marks a milestone in global health governance as the amendments to the International Health Re...
WHO urges cost effective solutions on NCDs and mental health amidst slowing progress
Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:33:07 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new report titled "Saving lives, spending les...
Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment available
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:16:33 Z
The global cholera statistics for 2024, shows an increase in both the number of people who fell sick...
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:12:51 Z
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Es...
Over a billion people living with mental health conditions – services require urgent scale-up
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:16:07 Z
More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released b...
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:09:25 Z
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, dest...
WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:33:53 Z
The WHO and WMO have released a comprehensive technical report and guidance addressing the escalatin...
WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products
Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:12:58 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health,...
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:47:17 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanoso...
On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers
Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:15:02 Z
Strengthening health systems to support breastfeeding is not just a health imperative, it is a moral...