Safer walking and cycling crucial for road safety and better health
Fri, 09 May 2025 06:51:17 Z
As the ...
Health inequities are shortening lives by decades
Mon, 05 May 2025 16:01:08 Z
A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying caus...
WHO at 150th IPU Assembly: elevating health equity and global solidarity
Fri, 02 May 2025 12:32:36 Z
"WHO is committed to working with the IPU to inform and support parliaments on global health priorit...
Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO
Thu, 01 May 2025 11:51:05 Z
On World Hand Hygiene Day, the WHO emphasizes the critical role of hand hygiene in preventing infect...
GOARN marks 25 years of advancing global health emergency preparedness and response
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:26:02 Z
The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), an i...
WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:19:41 Z
Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising "medicalization” of female genital mutilation (...
WHO calls for revitalized efforts to end malaria
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:16:11 Z
On World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for revitalized efforts at a...
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:27:15 Z
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian ...
WHO releases new guideline to prevent adolescent pregnancies and improve girls' health
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:17:45 Z
In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15–19-year-old girls, the Worl...
Africa CDC and WHO update mpox strategy as outbreaks persist
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:54:37 Z
Africa CDC and WHO ha...
WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 01:00:26 Z
After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO Member States took a major step forwar...
Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions – WHO
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:39:22 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) issues warning on health service disruptions reported in 70% ...
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:02:54 Z
On the occasion of the World Health Day 2025 dedicated to the theme of Healthier beginnings, hopeful...
WHO launches first-ever guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:02:56 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meni...
World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:39:54 Z
With the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza now in its second month, we appeal to world leaders to a...
Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:31:11 Z
Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major ne...
WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:28:32 Z
Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies,...
WHO issues its first-ever reports on tests and treatments for fungal infections
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:33:13 Z
WHO's reports addressing the critical lack of medicines and diagnostic tools for invasive fungal dis...
New WHO guidance calls for urgent transformation of mental health policies
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:23:30 Z
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched new ...
Types of data requested to inform May 2025 COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition deliberations
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:24:23 Z
The WHO ...
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...