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15 May 2023
Departmental update

Transport systems need to be made safe, healthy and sustainable

15 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline

15 May 2023
Departmental update

TDR and WHO announce TDA4Child, an operational research package to generate data on treatment decision algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis in children

14 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO announces the first meeting of the Hemoglobinopathies Guideline Development Subgroup

13 May 2023
Departmental update

Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

13 May 2023
Departmental update

Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

12 May 2023
Statement

Statement of the thirty-fifth Polio IHR Emergency Committee

12 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO calls for accelerated action to reduce anaemia

12 May 2023
Departmental update

First-ever WHO research agenda on hand hygiene in health care to improve quality and safety of care

11 May 2023
Statement

Fifth Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of mpox (monkeypox)

9 May 2023
News release

152 million babies born preterm in the last decade

9 May 2023
Feature story

Member States updated on progress

9 May 2023
Feature story

Health4Life Fund in Sierra Leone

9 May 2023
Departmental update

Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth

9 May 2023
Departmental update

Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN

5 May 2023
Statement

Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the IHR (2005) Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic

5 May 2023
News release

UAE and WHO deliver air lift of critical medical supplies to Sudan

3 May 2023
Departmental update

New WHO manual aims to strengthen pedestrian safety

3 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry

3 May 2023
Joint News Release

Quadripartite welcomes OHHLEP’s new white paper on zoonotic spillover prevention

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26 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 26 May 2023

26 May 2023
Departmental update

More ways, to save more lives, for less money: World Health Assembly adopts more Best Buys to tackle noncommunicable diseases

26 May 2023
News release

Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly

26 May 2023
News release

WHO and Republic of Korea sign landmark agreement to boost biomanufacturing capacity

25 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 25 May 2023

28 May 2023
Departmental update

Menstrual health, not just hygiene: The path toward a strong cross-sectoral response

25 May 2023
Departmental update

Enhancing capacities for respiratory disease surveillance in Africa: WHO GISRS conducts training for genetic characterization of influenza and SARS CoV-2.

25 May 2023
Departmental update

Bolivia conducts a simulation exercise to strengthen the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for influenza and other respiratory viruses

24 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2023

24 May 2023
Departmental update

A common approach across two regions: delivering respiratory pathogen simulation exercises in Costa Rica and Lebanon

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Strengthening influenza preparedness through an OpenWHO online course

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Strengthening influenza surveillance in Timor-Leste: review conducted

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - May 2023

24 May 2023
Joint News Release

FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football

24 May 2023
Departmental update

More than 7000 join the 4th edition of Walk the Talk in Geneva: Health for All Challenge

23 May 2023
News release

Renowned artists Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health

23 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2023

23 May 2023
News release

Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all

24 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems

25 May 2023
Departmental update

World No Tobacco Day 2023 awards - the winners

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26 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 26 May 2023

26 May 2023
Departmental update

More ways, to save more lives, for less money: World Health Assembly adopts more Best Buys to tackle noncommunicable diseases

26 May 2023
News release

Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly

26 May 2023
News release

WHO and Republic of Korea sign landmark agreement to boost biomanufacturing capacity

25 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 25 May 2023

28 May 2023
Departmental update

Menstrual health, not just hygiene: The path toward a strong cross-sectoral response

25 May 2023
Departmental update

Enhancing capacities for respiratory disease surveillance in Africa: WHO GISRS conducts training for genetic characterization of influenza and SARS CoV-2.

25 May 2023
Departmental update

Bolivia conducts a simulation exercise to strengthen the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for influenza and other respiratory viruses

24 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2023

24 May 2023
Departmental update

A common approach across two regions: delivering respiratory pathogen simulation exercises in Costa Rica and Lebanon

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Strengthening influenza preparedness through an OpenWHO online course

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Strengthening influenza surveillance in Timor-Leste: review conducted

24 May 2023
Departmental update

Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - May 2023

24 May 2023
Joint News Release

FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football

24 May 2023
Departmental update

More than 7000 join the 4th edition of Walk the Talk in Geneva: Health for All Challenge

23 May 2023
News release

Renowned artists Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health

23 May 2023
Note for Media

Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2023

23 May 2023
News release

Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all

24 May 2023
Departmental update

WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems

25 May 2023
Departmental update

World No Tobacco Day 2023 awards - the winners

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