WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use - New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
Meeting of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of guidelines for safe abortion care
WHO launches Progress Indicators to measure access to assistive technology
Interim statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Alisson Becker and WHO Foundation launch campaign to raise resources and support treatment for COVID-19 patients starting in the Americas
WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19
Living with the Times: new toolkit helps older adults maintain good mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator
New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty
WHO calls for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus, reiterates that all hypotheses remain open
Medical Product Alert N°2/2021: Falsified COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2
COVAX updates participants on delivery delays for vaccines from Serum Institute of India (SII) and AstraZeneca
Joint Statement on prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers and aircrew
WHO validates Cote d’Ivoire for eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Introducing the WHO technical package on quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings
COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021
Health Workforce in COVID-19 Action Series: Time to Protect. Invest. Together.
WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce their risk of severe COVID-19
World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day
World Health Assembly adopts new resolution on malaria
The President of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Director-General of the World Health Organization call once again on all WHO Member States to actively support the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)
Kangaroo mother care started immediately after birth critical for saving lives, new research shows
COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviews cases of mild myocarditis reported with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
Short period of postoperative bladder catheterization effective for repair of simple urinary fistula
IOAC statement at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, 25 May 2021
Preventing the next human influenza pandemic: Celebrating 10 years of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework
Making childbirth a positive experience
Deaths from caesarean sections 100 times higher in developing countries: global study
WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
Available for review: Nickel background document for the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality
Statement following the Twenty-Eighth IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum
Programmatic innovations to address challenges in tuberculosis prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic
World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards - the winners
New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases
