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WHO warns that the Gaza Strip’s health system is collapsing, with Nasser Medical Complex, the most important referral hospital left in Gaza,...

This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, and diplomatic...

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organization’s Member States which, during nearly two...

The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the gov...

The  Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organization’s (WHO) Member States, came to a close Tu...

Countries agree to update action plan to reduce deaths from antimicrobial resistance  The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly approved a de...

Countries overwhelmingly agree on a new voluntary target for air pollution and health  Member States at the Seventy-eighth World Health Asse...

First-ever rare diseases resolution underscores equity and inclusion Member States today adopted a landmark resolution declaring rare diseas...

New guideline calls for improved global access to controlled medicines The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a rapid communicatio...

Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displaceme...

A “health financing emergency” must drive country-led, data-driven solutionsMinisters from multiple countries hit by the abrupt cuts in exte...

World leaders pledged at least an additional US$ 170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday a...

World Health Organization Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that calls for the...

The Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78) will convene from 19 to 27 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme...

As we make this transition to the new leadership team, I want to express my sincere appreciation for the remarkable contributions of those c...

The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade. The e...

The global nursing workforce has grown from 27.9 million in 2018 to 29.8 million in 2023, but wide disparities in the availability of nurses...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have today announced a sublicensing agreement between MPP and a Nigerian...

A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors...

"WHO is committed to working with the IPU to inform and support parliaments on global health priorities. We encourage all of you to join you...

The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), an initiative coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), marks its 25th ann...

Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising “medicalization” of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health workers to prevent...

On World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for revitalized efforts at all levels, from global policy to community...

Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress...

In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15–19-year-old girls, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new...