Launch of the WHO Global Hypertension Report 2025
Nepal eliminates rubella
WHO Thailand supports national efforts on World Drowning Prevention Day 2025
Timor-Leste certified malaria-free by WHO
ThaiHealth’s Leadership in Empowering Communities for Better Health
Join the WHO Academy Course on Behavioural Counselling in PHC for NCD Risk Factors
Strengthening Suicide Prevention in Thailand with LIVE LIFE
Two new WHO Reports Reveal Urgent Need to Scale Up Mental Health Services Globally
External Review of Thailand's Expanded Programme on Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance
New Delhi, India – September 2025 – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) of Thailand, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has conducted an extensive externa ...
WHO South-East Asia Region announces winners of Public Health Champion Awards
The Female Community Health Volunteers of Nepal, disability inclusion champion Dr. Satendra Singh, and the Lepra Society, were today announced as winners of the newly instituted WH ...
World Patient Safety Day
World Patient Safety Day, marked annually on 17 September, calls for global solidarity and concerted action by all countries and international partners to improve patient safety. T ...
World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day, marked annually on 10 September, is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, in conjunction with the World Health Organizati ...
World leaders show strong support for political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global political declaration on responding to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental ...
New study reveals sex life impacts are major reasons for contraceptive discontinuation
A new study from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ Special Programme in Human Reproduction (HRP), and The Pleasure Project finds that approximately 1 in 20 p ...
Countries and global leaders recognized for their action to tackle the obesity crisis
The 2025 UNIATF Awards to celebrate champions in reducing obesity took place during the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Task Force, Accelerating Action on Obesity Preven ...
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2026 southern hemisphere influenza season
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for use in the 2026 influenza season in the southern hemisph ...
Expanding rehabilitation access in Tajikistan
Breaking barriers for pregnant women with disabilities: A case study on inclusive maternal care in Tanzania
Noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings
“PRET” for future pandemics? Countries in WHO’s South-East Asia Region outline steps to update respiratory pandemic plans
