Latest World Health Organization News | Page 53

Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy kicks off
Three years into the pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. Here’s what we need to focus on next
New WHO guide seeks to enhance advocacy for life-saving emergency care
Global meeting of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
WHO statement on the situation relating to the Regional Director of the Western Pacific
Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives
Partnerships strengthen differentiated service delivery for HIV testing, treatment and care in Ghana
We can eliminate cervical cancer
New global guidelines to boost the use of life-saving safety restraints in vehicles
What has been achieved? ADA advocacy update for 2022
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Eighth Session
Anyone can save a life, including kids. Here’s why they should learn CPR and basic life support
A potted history of smoking, and how we’re making the same mistakes with vaping
Countries begin negotiations on global agreement to protect world from future pandemic emergencies
Family violence is literally making us sicker — new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness
New compendium showcases positive examples in refugee and migrant health
WHO launches policy on preventing and addressing sexual misconduct
Variant-specific vaccines offer better protection against COVID: new research
In Dialogue with the Turkmenistan, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Praise Measures to Review Judicial Independence, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and…
Human Rights Council Holds High-level Meeting Commemorating the Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Praise Portugal’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ask about Measures to Address…
Countries urged to safeguard the health of refugees and migrants
The Montreux Charter on Patient Safety galvanizes action to address avoidable harm in health care
Despite restrictions elsewhere, NZ still uses a wood preservative linked to arsenic pollution
Preterm births decreased slightly and stillborn rates stable during first COVID-19 lockdowns
WHO rolls out new holistic way to measure early childhood development
Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?
Silent pandemic: CSIRO-ATSE report charts path for curbing antimicrobial resistance
Experts deliver evidence in long COVID parliamentary hearing
Governments hold first detailed discussions on proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
Addressing Security Council One Year into Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine, Secretary-General Urges Meaningful Action to End Bloodshed, Widespread Suffering
Research captures and separates important toxic air pollutant
Passive vaping – time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up for the right to clean air
Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health
New collaboration targets better bone health and ageing
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commends Yemen’s Efforts in Education, Asks About Non-Payment of Government Salaries and Measures to Protect…
The grassroots support that’s Taking Stock of farmers’ mental health
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
The wellbeing ‘pandemic’ – how the global drive for wellness might be making us sick
A New Era in the Fight Against Measles and Rubella
OpenWHO named 2023 Learning Platform of the Year
An avian flu outbreak is spreading to mammals – what is the risk to humans?
What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commends China for Efforts to Reduce Poverty, Asks about Measures to Protect Ethnic Minorities from…
Pressure on AGL continues
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of monkeypox (mpox)
ICD-11 2023 release is here
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – February 2023