Latest WHO News

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years
World Malaria Day 2024: “Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world”
Kourtney Kardashian Barker isn’t the first to drink breast milk – but we know surprisingly little about its adult health benefits
WHO-trained journalists win national road safety reporting award in Viet Nam
WHO Global Malaria Programme launches new operational strategy
Promising patient-friendly oral drug against visceral leishmaniasis enters Phase II clinical trial in Ethiopia
As Empire AI dawns, Cornell lays groundwork for public good
Parrot fever cases amid a ‘mysterious’ pneumonia outbreak in Argentina – what you need to know about psittacosis
Assistant Minister For Health And Aged Care, Speech 22 April
WHO prequalifies new oral simplified vaccine for cholera
Leading health agencies outline updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air
WHO launches first ever Patient Safety Rights Charter
Thailand’s new road safety Parliamentary Advisory Group takes aim at road crashes
NZ Emergency Medical Team internationally recognised for quality of care
Statement on the outcomes of the ICMRA-WHO joint workshop on COVID-19 vaccines strain change
New research shows urgency to act on Nigeria’s trans fat elimination policy
Special programme on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress
WHO announces Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury
MEDIA ADVISORY: Critical incident declared after man shot by police – Bondi Junction
Enhancing Global Health and Well-Being: WHO and the Netherlands strengthen their Partnership
In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
Challenging harmful masculinities and engaging men and boys in sexual and reproductive health
World Chagas Disease Day 2024: urging early diagnosis and care for life
Too Many People Die After Leaving Prison
WHO announces forthcoming updates on co-administration of treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis and hepatitis C
WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3500 lives each day
Research changes lives when the right people have access to it
WHO Youth Council urges parliamentarians to take action on universal health coverage
Statement following the Thirty-eighth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
MEDIA ADVISORY: Two men in Nigeria charged over alleged sextortion which led to Australian boy taking his own life
Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports
WHO calls for action to uphold right to health amidst inaction, injustice and crises
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – March 2024
Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera
When can my baby drink cow’s milk? It’s sooner than you think
The Self-Care Wheel: an award-winning innovation to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights
Socioeconomic Risk Factors For Tuberculosis
Stakeholders convene in Uganda on responsible use of the life sciences
Noma is a truly devastating tropical disease – more people need to know about it
WHO unveils a digital health promoter harnessing generative AI for public health
Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy
2023: outbreaks of swine influenza
2023: outbreaks of avian influenza
Influenza Health Worker Vaccination Programmes: Platforms for Pandemic Preparedness
Promoting a risk-based approach for the regulatory oversight of vaccines used in pandemics
PAHO drives evidence-generation on the burden of influenza through strategic research initiatives
WHO publishes new guidelines on hepatitis B
WHO Member States agree to resume negotiations aimed at finalizing the world’s first pandemic agreement