Transport systems need to be made safe, healthy and sustainable
WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline
TDR and WHO announce TDA4Child, an operational research package to generate data on treatment decision algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis in children
WHO announces the first meeting of the Hemoglobinopathies Guideline Development Subgroup
Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Statement of the thirty-fifth Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO calls for accelerated action to reduce anaemia
First-ever WHO research agenda on hand hygiene in health care to improve quality and safety of care
Fifth Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of mpox (monkeypox)
152 million babies born preterm in the last decade
Member States updated on progress
Health4Life Fund in Sierra Leone
Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN
Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the IHR (2005) Emergency Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic
UAE and WHO deliver air lift of critical medical supplies to Sudan
New WHO manual aims to strengthen pedestrian safety
WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry
Quadripartite welcomes OHHLEP’s new white paper on zoonotic spillover prevention
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 26 May 2023
More ways, to save more lives, for less money: World Health Assembly adopts more Best Buys to tackle noncommunicable diseases
Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly
WHO and Republic of Korea sign landmark agreement to boost biomanufacturing capacity
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 25 May 2023
Menstrual health, not just hygiene: The path toward a strong cross-sectoral response
Enhancing capacities for respiratory disease surveillance in Africa: WHO GISRS conducts training for genetic characterization of influenza and SARS CoV-2.
Bolivia conducts a simulation exercise to strengthen the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for influenza and other respiratory viruses
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2023
A common approach across two regions: delivering respiratory pathogen simulation exercises in Costa Rica and Lebanon
Strengthening influenza preparedness through an OpenWHO online course
Strengthening influenza surveillance in Timor-Leste: review conducted
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - May 2023
FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football
More than 7000 join the 4th edition of Walk the Talk in Geneva: Health for All Challenge
Renowned artists Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2023
Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all
WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems
World No Tobacco Day 2023 awards - the winners