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Countries unite to remove mercury from hazardous skin lightening products
Non-governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women’s Rights in Bahrain, Mauritania and Costa Rica
New certification recognizes WHO commitment to high-quality humanitarian learning
Illuminating the dark: understanding our social interactions to improve influenza pandemic preparedness and response
Bringing training to life: new risk communication and community engagement school and simulation exercises
Timor-Leste National Health Laboratory: moving towards recognition as a National Influenza Centre
Enhancing influenza and SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capacity through hands-on training programme
WHO in collaboration with IATA have trained trainers on the shipping of infectious substances
WHO provides on-site laboratory training at the National Influenza Centre in Ethiopia
Bioinformatics training workshops to strengthen genomic surveillance successfully completed
WHO kicks off deliberations on ethical framework and tools for social listening and infodemic management
Applications to the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential medicines published for public review and comments
WHO sends health supplies to reach 400 000 people impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic
Estimating pandemic product needs and allocation levels
Experts sound alarm on ‘exploitative’ baby formula industry
Experts call for clampdowns on exploitative formula milk marketing in new Lancet series
Antibiotic innovation helps fight against superbugs
Longstanding WHO partners to enter into official relations with the Organization
Change to single dose HPV vaccine
NIH grant to improve HIV-related cancer care abroad
WHO publishes two landmark documents on leishmaniasis
WHO launches new roadmap on breast cancer
This World Cancer Day, it is time we all act on alcohol and cancer
The ‘Kraken’ subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds scary. But behind the headlines are clues to where COVID’s heading
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
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
AMA renews calls for sugar tax
Got gastro? Here’s why eating bananas helps but drinking flat lemonade might not
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
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
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
UN experts* intervene in toxic legacy class action against lead pollution