Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - May 2023
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2023
Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all
Renowned artists Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2023
WHO launches global network to detect and prevent infectious disease threats
Leadership in Emergencies learning journey completed by new AFRO cohort
Urgent action needed to tackle stalled progress on health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
WHO Director-General announces Global Health Leaders Awards
WHO announces the development of the Consolidated Guidelines on STI prevention and care (2022-2023)
New WHO framework available for prevention and management of obesity
High-level resource mobilization conference to eliminate viral hepatitis
Registration Open: Please apply to join the second UN High-Level Meeting on TB
WHO congratulates Benin and Mali for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem
New resources released to help more preterm and low birthweight babies benefit from kangaroo mother care
WHO calls for safe and ethical AI for health
Scientists in Tahiti prepare to release sterilized mosquitoes to control dengue
Join the Week of Quality: On the origin of specifications
New WHO report highlights progress, but also remaining gaps, in ensuring a robust pipeline of antibiotic treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Developing a global research agenda for public health and social measures: Research priorities for COVID-19
Basic energy access lags amid renewable opportunities, new report shows
Kate Eversteyn joins WHO as PRSEAH Coordinator for Europe
World Health Assembly recognizes WHO’s work on PRSEAH, calls for continued action
WHO launches a single-source repository on drug dependence information
76th World Health Assembly adopts the Global framework for integrating well-being into public health utilizing a health promotion approach
World No Tobacco Day 2023: Grow food, not tobacco, to end TB
WHO launches the TRACK initiative for capacity building and knowledge sharing on advanced HIV disease
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) will now be World AMR Awareness Week
Spotlight on Ending TB at the 76th World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly extends the global action plan for refugee and migrant health until 2030
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 30 May 2023
WHO Public Health Laboratories knowledge sharing webinars: one year in review
Landmark resolution on strengthening rehabilitation in health systems
WHO announces Acute Care Action Network for emergency, critical and operative care
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 29 May 2023
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2023 #1
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 27 May 2023
76th World Health Assembly adopts first ever resolution on drowning prevention
New WHA resolution to accelerate efforts on food micronutrient fortification