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Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. T...

After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO Member States took a major step forward in efforts to make the world safer from p...

The World Health Organization (WHO) issues warning on health service disruptions reported in 70% of its surveyed country offices as a result...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aimin...

With the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza now in its second month, we appeal to world leaders to act – firmly, urgently and decisively – t...

Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations...

Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partne...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Thomas Östros, Vice-President of the European In...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched new guidance to help all countries reform and strengthen mental health policies and syste...

The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, stil...

On the occasion on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, marked on 24 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for an urgent investment...

Today, during the annual Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in Paris, three cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing n...

Concurring with the advice unanimously expressed by the Committee during the meeting, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge o...

Following recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has decided to place...

In a three-day strategic dialogue, Belgium and WHO reviewed progress in their longstanding partnership, and agreed to further boost their co...

WHO and Switzerland have announced the renewal of their cooperation strategy for the period 2024-2028. In 2013, Switzerland became the first...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as a WHO...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025–2026 in...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR...

What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health. Building on the success of the 1...

The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination campaign scheduled from 22 to 26 February 202...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically-needed childhood can...

The recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significant loss of life, trauma, displacement, and...

Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars on girl...

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine t...