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World must ‘double down on delivery’ for global road safety, says WHO
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2026
WHO and African Medicines Agency launch landmark framework to strengthen access to quality-assured health products in Africa
Strengthening nursing and midwifery through global collaboration
WHO and Gilead Sciences renew partnership to accelerate visceral leishmaniasis elimination
Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging
The TB Vaccine Accelerator Council meets for the fourth time
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly honours global champions advancing primary health care
Belem Health Action Plan High Level Side Event, World Health Assembly
Exhibit highlights the health impacts of online violence affecting children and adolescents
Ministry of Health monitoring Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda
Minister Keogh – 85 YEARS ON WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF CRETE
World No Tobacco Day 2026 awards – meet the winners
Norad’s US$ 3 million boost to WHO acute care programme set to save thousands of lives
Ebola strain spreading in Congo and Uganda has no approved vaccine
The hantavirus outbreak is the warning the world needs to improve pandemic preparedness
Forging an integrative health research alliance with India
World Health Assembly opens in Geneva, Switzerland
Norad’s US$ 3 million boost to WHO emergency care programme set to save thousands of lives
Director-General presents Award for Global Health to four distinguished leaders
WHO introduces PREVENT technical package to address lead poisoning
WHO launches advocacy, communications and partnerships plan on the health response to climate change, air pollution and energy poverty
Ebola outbreak declared a global health emergency – what you need to know
What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned
Health bodies unite to expose big tobacco’s push for tax cuts that would reverse 25 years of progress
Winston Peters – “By Their Deeds You Will Know Them”
Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency…
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
Sweet: the quest for a sugar alternative
WHO warns nicotine pouch brands targeting youth as sales surge
Follow-up message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
Tunisia validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
Turning commitments into care: Africa accelerates action on traditional medicine
Global health gains face threat of reversal
Bangladesh: Families urged to vaccinate children as number of suspected measles deaths exceeds 400
Quadripartite partners and global stakeholders step up coordinated action at One Health Summit
WHO launches revamped SHAKE package to help reduce salt intake
New WHO health inequality country profiles to track progress on achieving health equity
George Institute welcomes new WHO guidance on potassium-enriched salt
Learner spotlight: Vivian’s path to rights based mental health advocacy
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
New evidence confirms malaria vaccine saves child lives and will have high impact in wider rollout
Higher-strength medicinal cannabis may be linked to a disturbing pattern of side effects, our study shows
WHO’s response to hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship
WHO and IPU call on parliamentarians to join the WHA Global Parliamentary Forum
Concerns Over Senate Tobacco Meeting
WHO and the Stop TB Partnership publish a TB near point-of-care and swab-based testing toolkit
World Hand Hygiene Day 2026: Action Saves Lives