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WHO’s trans fat elimination validation program is now open for country applications
World Chagas Disease Day 2023 to focus on integrating universal care and surveillance at the primary care level
Highlighting a population’s health information needs during health emergencies through new infodemic management tools and frameworks
WHO, African Union Development Agency, and the International Labour Organization join forces to safeguard health workers in Africa
Finding common ground in a connected world: parliamentarians prioritize comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicinal Products (ACSoMP): Measures to minimize the risk of ocular adverse events with miltefosine
People Power – introducing WHO’s new “Intention to action” Series to enhance the meaningful engagement of people with lived experience
Improving access to novel COVID-19 treatments
Countries set out way forward for negotiations on global agreement to protect world from future pandemic emergencies
WHO announces Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury
‘Dakar Declaration’ to strengthen data on road crash deaths in Africa
Widespread availability of contraception and abortion a public health success story
Resistance-fighting antimalarial drug candidate enters the clinic
Just 2 days to go: Registration deadline for UN Multistakeholder Hearing on TB
Teens who trust online information find it less stressful
New WHO guide aims to boost the use of life-saving helmets for motorcycle riders
Nurses call for policy action on World Health Day
1 in 6 people globally affected by infertility: WHO
WHO celebrates 75th anniversary and calls for health equity in face of unprecedented threats
WHO convenes the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
WHO and the Inter-Parliamentary Union launch a new handbook on Universal Health Coverage
Prior use of pholcodine-containing cough and cold remedies and risk of perioperative anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs)
WHO applauds Indian leadership on ending TB
WHO welcomes signing of sublicences with three manufacturers to produce long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention
Measles has been identified in NSW, Qld and SA. 5 things to know about the virus
How digital devices can become weapons in our relationships
Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative
UN report warns of accelerating food insecurity in the Arab region due to global crises
WHO certifies Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
WHO commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of Dr Carlo Urbani
SAGE updates COVID-19 vaccination guidance
WHO initiates building a global university curriculum for infodemic management
Quadripartite call to action for One Health for a safer world
International Chemical Safety Cards now available in German
TGA review strengthens case for much tighter vape restrictions at the border
WHO World TB Day Message Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Global TB Programme
WHO releases priorities for research and development of age-appropriate antibiotics
Experts call for action on the commercial determinants of health and health equity
Registration now open for the Open Session of meeting of the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
WHO announces new Director of the Global Malaria Programme
Hundreds to attend WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs
WHO steps up the Director-General’s flagship initiative to combat tuberculosis
China’s only now revealed crucial COVID-19 origins data. Earlier disclosure may have saved us 3 years of political argy-bargy
Ending global tuberculosis epidemic
The cholera emergency is avoidable
100,000 new Somali refugees arrive in Ethiopia in the past month, UN and partners are calling for urgent funding
As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, UN and partners call for urgent funding
COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted access to medicines for noncommunicable diseases