Latest World Health Organization News

WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines
WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies
WHO validates Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem
Leading Change In Connected World
Global initiative launched to improve access to mpox vaccines
The Third Global Summit on Traditional Medicine set for November 2027
Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understand
WHO moves to expand access to lifesaving sickle cell treatment and care for children
Global action plan on rare diseases – process and next steps
Africa tobacco growing increases despite global decline
African Traditional Medicine Day 2026: from research to reach, advancing health for all
AMA Gold Medal Goes To Professor Cassandra Szoeke
Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine
WHO expands global regulatory capacity through new collaborating centre in Republic of Korea
WHO appoints 21 leading scientists to Science Council to help shape future health breakthroughs
Fungal infections explode immune cells and shape-shift to defeat human immunity
Paris Jackson underwent ECT for severe depression. Here’s why the treatment remains debated
Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Mozambique strengthens regulation of medicines and imported vaccines, boosting health protection
The physical activity paradox: not all forms of exercise lower your dementia risk – this type raises it
WHO and Peking University strengthen collaboration to advance health emergency preparedness
WHO and Africa CDC welcome the allocation of Ebola vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate
New WHO online course strengthens safe and sustainable health-care waste management
Traumatic memories are often fragmented – a psychologist explains how and why that happens
The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part
WHO/UNICEF report highlights gaps in health facility sanitation
Leading by Listeningː Gerald Cirilo Reyes Rethinks His Approach to Leadership
US teens are smoking and vaping less than their peers abroad
Autism And ADHD Strengths And Needs In Nutshell
1.7 million Australians unprotected against measles, raising the risk of local outbreaks
Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?
Quadripartite collaboration extends the One Health Joint Plan of Action to 2029
WHO-Lions Clubs partner to expand mental health services in Jordan and Nepal
Britain’s quarter century: experts in sex, mental health, nutrition and addiction assess the nation’s changing wellbeing
Can a vaccine built for one Ebola virus stop another? The World Health Organization is about to find out
Fiji’s HIV outbreak is a public health emergency. Pacific neighbours must step up
From infection to protection: Could mosquitoes help eradicate malaria?
WHO and Doris Mollel Foundation sign memorandum of understanding
Why Trump’s MMR vaccine order is the latest public health disaster, with effects set to last years
Strengthening the Bundibugyo virus disease response through community evidence
WHO-DG HERA workshop on pooled procurement mechanisms for regional entities
WHO and Tsinghua University launch collaboration to strengthen global health emergency preparedness
Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC
Indoor air quality: heat and wildfire smoke leave households with hard choices, find researchers
Behind the betel nut smile: the quiet epidemic of oral cancer in Papua New Guinea
WHO launches global research priorities on climate, health and migration