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Longstanding WHO partners to enter into official relations with the Organization
Türk calls for a human rights economy
WHO publishes two landmark documents on leishmaniasis
WHO launches new roadmap on breast cancer
First regional workshop to operationalize the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use…
Statement of the thirty-fourth Polio IHR Emergency Committee
COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?
African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children
Breakthrough testing standard developed for Covid RATs
Dr Jarbas Barbosa elected as WHO Regional Director for the Americas
Launch of global individual patient data platform for tuberculosis treatment
WHO holds an inaugural meeting of the new Youth Council
More countries eliminate neglected tropical diseases but investments key to sustain progress
Statement on the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Children and teens aren’t doing enough physical activity
WHO updates critical medicines list for radiological and nuclear emergencies
The Quadripartite Organizations established the Technical Group on Integrated Surveillance on Antimicrobial use and resistance
WHO and Gilead Sciences extend collaborative agreement to enhance access to treatment for visceral leishmaniasis
Three years of pandemic learning response: reaching learners across the world with life-saving health knowledge
One-stop resource toolkit launched on refugee and migrant health
New WHO study: Making diagnosis of hepatitis C more accessible and closer to the community using point-of-care HCV viral load assays
Practical manual on tuberculosis laboratory strengthening updated to support the implementation of WHO-recommended diagnostics
WHO urges action to protect children from contaminated medicines
WHO launches funding appeal to help a record number of people in complex, intersecting health emergencies
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
NZ police Recruitment event – Tairāwhiti
UN experts* intervene in toxic legacy class action against lead pollution
How well do development partners work together and follow country priorities to achieve the health SDGs?
The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics
Small Island Developing States accelerate action to tackle biggest killers
8th WHO Technical Taskforce: Defeating Meningitis by 2030 – A Global Road Map
New WHO Antibiotic Book addresses oral and dental infections
WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council
Access to DAAs linked to fall in hep C incidence
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China, meeting with Minister
Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity
WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines on masks, treatments and patient care
Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
Beyond blaming people: why journalists must dig deep into the causes of road crashes
A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report
Regional Action Plan for prevention and control of snakebite envenoming in South-East Asia 2022-2030 published in New Delhi
WHO meets with Chinese officials on current COVID-19 situation
NSW police launch Operation New Year’s Eve 2022 ahead of celebrations
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue
One Health in G20 countries
One Health Joint Plan of Action launched and presented by WHO and the Quadripartite partners
Germany supports implementing One Health Joint Plan of Action
MEDIA ADVISORY: Child dies in single-vehicle crash at Moulamein, NSW