UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:26:17 Z
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible...
WHO marks 25 years of Research4Life, advancing access to scientific knowledge in more than 120 countries
Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:34:49 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today marks the 25th anniversary of Research4Life, a public-priv...
Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives
Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:09:01 Z
Despite the addition of more than one billion motor-vehicles to the world’s roads, the glob...
WHO Member States continue negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:27:54 Z
WHO Member States have advanced negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) annex...
New WHO guidelines: up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:15:58 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released ...
Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:01:54 Z
In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose...
El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:57:57 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a pub...
WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:51:29 Z
Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claim...
WHO adds first diagnostic test for Ebola Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing
Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:21:23 Z
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Patient enrolment begins in a scientific trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease
Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:19:20 Z
In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo...
655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:57:55 Z
At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 65...
WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:01:11 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birt...
WHO issues comprehensive guidelines on filovirus disease, including Ebola and Marburg disease
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:30:57 Z
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibug...
Open letter to leaders of G7, G20, BRICS and all nations on finalizing the WHO Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:05:36 Z
Dear Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS and of all nations,We write to you together, from G...
Safe blood supply improves as voluntary donations exceed 85%, but many people still lack access
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:35:26 Z
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show sustained progress towards safer blood suppli...
Africa CDC and WHO launch joint continental Ebola response plan
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:28:26 Z
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organizat...
Unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually, young children at highest risk
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:30:11 Z
Children aged less than five years face almost three times the risk of illness from unsafe food than...
Joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus
Sun, 31 May 2026 21:49:21 Z
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the World Health Organization (W...
WHO urges governments to protect young people from addiction to tobacco and nicotine products
Fri, 29 May 2026 08:48:28 Z
Worldwide, at least 40 million children aged 13–15 use tobacco products, and young people's use ...
Experts convened by WHO advise on candidate treatments and vaccines for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus
Thu, 28 May 2026 19:10:18 Z
In response to the current outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus occurring in the Dem...
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thu, 28 May 2026 12:17:30 Z
To the people of DRC, especially to the people of Ituri Jambo kwenu wakahaji wa Ituri...
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2026
Sat, 23 May 2026 12:32:25 Z
Summary of discussions of 23 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2026
Fri, 22 May 2026 19:24:59 Z
Summary of discussions of 22 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....
First meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda 2026 – Temporary recommendations
Fri, 22 May 2026 15:22:03 Z
The Committee's advice aligned with the determination by the WHO Director-General that the event c...
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2026
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:33:06 Z
Summary of discussions of 21 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....