Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for…
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Multi-country outbreak of cholera
he persistence of cholera is evident as 2024 begins, with 40 900 cases and 775 deaths…
WHO Director-General’s speech at the World Governments Summit
I thank Your Highnesses for your hospitality, for your steadfast support for the World Health Organization…
One year since the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
On 6 February, it will be one year since a series of devastating earthquakes hit southern…
Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services
Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for…
31st January 2024 press conference at WHO
First to Gaza, where WHO continues to face extreme challenges in supporting the health system and…
WHO refutes Israel’s accusation
General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus refutes Israel’s accusation at the Executive Board meeting yesterday that WHO…
WHO Executive Board appoints Regional Directors
Three new Regional Directors were appointed today by WHO’s Executive Board to lead the Organization in…
WHO prequalifies a second Malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to the list of prequalified…
Global health achievements and challenges in 2023
The World Health Organization celebrated its 75th birthday in 2023, and despite multiple health-related crises, there…
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
he WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) continues to meet regularly to assess…
Financing, stages of alert for potential pandemics among the issues debated
WHO Member States continued their negotiations on proposals for amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR),…
WHO releases guidelines on chronic low back pain
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain…
Global health community calls for urgent action on climate and health at COP28
In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community,…
Multi-country outbreak of mpox
This is the 30th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on…
WHO urges investing in “One Health”
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on world leaders to increase political commitment and action to…
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO
WHO warns that the health system in the Gaza Strip is at a breaking point. Time…
New analysis confirms World seeing an upsurge of cholera
Comprehensive cholera statistics for 2022, published by WHO, shed light on the scale and extent of…
Botulism in France
On 12 September 2023, local public health authorities in France identified a cluster of 10 cases…
First WHO report details devastating impact of hypertension and ways to stop it
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever report on the devastating global impact of high…
