UN-led Tobacco-Free Farms Initiative awarded UN Global Pulse award for scaling up
WHO and Italian National Institute of Health sign memorandum of understanding to improve care for healthy ageing
Colombia adopts key convention to strengthen vehicle safety
Alert on Philip Morris-funded Foundation name change to Global Action to End Smoking
In memoriam Dr Henry Wilde (1927–2024)
Mr José Luis Castro appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Experts warn of serious health impacts from climate change for pregnant women, children, and older people
WHO publishes updated list of priorities for paediatric formulations of TB medicines
World Health Assembly 77 side event: community protection: putting communities at the centre of managing health emergencies
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 1 June 2024
World Health Assembly agreement reached on wide-ranging, decisive package of amendments to improve the International Health Regulations
Strategic Roundtable unites global health leaders to address climate change and health impacts
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 31 May 2024
Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC): No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 30 May 2024
Member States reaffirm commitment to immunization at seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
New report highlights critical gaps in immunization coverage in middle-income countries
Global partners celebrate 50 years of immunization progress
Sudan’s children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies
WHO celebrates milestone of influenza preparedness in South-East Asia Region
Pandemic and seasonal influenza severity assessment guidance updated
WHO publishes pandemic influenza monitoring and evaluation framework
Celebrating a decade of the Severe Acute Respiratory Infections network in the Americas
WHO updates laboratory biosecurity guidance
WHO releases first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults
Vaccines to treat human papillomavirus could be a significant innovation in the fight against cervical cancer
WHO and partners launch global dashboard on child health
Protecting health and care workers’ mental health and well-being: Technical Consultation Meeting
WHO consults on action plan for sustainable clinical research infrastructure
How quantitative modeling can help meet 2030 road map targets
Nearly 1.8 billion adults at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity
Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority among men
WHO Collaborating Centre for global cancer control ushers in a new chapter
WHO 5-year milestone report on global trans fat elimination illustrates latest progress up to 2023
Health workforce migration: Expert Advisory Group meets in Geneva
Medical Product Alert N°2/2024: Falsified OZEMPIC (semaglutide)
WHO issues warning on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment and weight loss
Update on the Guideline Development Group on the health of trans and gender diverse people
Chad eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
