World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day
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
IOAC statement at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, 25 May 2021
World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards - the winners
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
G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum
Statement following the Twenty-Eighth IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
WHO/UNICEF statement on the 40th anniversary of the international code of marketing breastmilk substitutes
Preventing the next human influenza pandemic: Celebrating 10 years of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework
New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases
Programmatic innovations to address challenges in tuberculosis prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic
New report highlights global progress on reducing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections and signals need for renewed efforts to reach 2030 targets
Support to countries’ equitable and resilient recovery from the pandemic towards the health SDGs: The 2021 SDG3 GAP progress report
WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases
World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for next one
Statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) on safety signals related to the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
WHO and UNICEF launch new tools for the promotion of adolescent mental health
Dynamic WHO dashboard for island states highlights barriers and progress on climate change and health
WHO publishes new Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring
Manual for investigating suspected outbreaks of illnesses of possible chemical etiology: guidance for investigation and control
Statement on the eighth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
New findings from the ODYSSEY trial confirm superiority of dolutegravir-based ART in young children
Launch WHO guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections
WHO warns that HIV infection increases risk of severe and critical COVID-19
Message from Director SRH/HRP
COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO, UNICEF data shows
Webinar series on Rural Health Equity
WHO issues new recommendations on human genome editing for the advancement of public health
WHO launches Guidelines for Recreational Water Quality as summer heats up
COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS): updated guidance regarding myocarditis and pericarditis reported with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
New SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic tests online course
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
World Zoonosis Day 6 July: Online learning supports governments to operationalize a One Health approach in countries
WHO releases first guidelines on hepatitis C virus self-testing
New WHO recommendations issued to improve access to rapid molecular tests for the detection of TB and drug-resistant TB
WHO recommends life-saving interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urges producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access
Active TB Drug Safety Monitoring and Management (aDSM) global database: Outcome of the assessment and future of data reporting
New study highlights unacceptably high global prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men
