14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021
Launch of the Child Health and Well-Being Dashboard: Accountability for Children’s Rights
Obituary: Dr Bernhard Franz Dietzschold, 1940–2022
WHO issues rapid communication on updated guidance for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Integrating HIV and mental health services for better overall health
Mexico’s new Mobility and Road Safety Law could be a game-changer
Quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed for a new era of One Health collaboration
WHO reveals shocking extent of exploitative formula milk marketing
WHO assesses the COVID-19 vaccine ecosystem for sustainable local production of quality-assured vaccines in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Draft Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022–2031
UNICEF and WHO warn of perfect storm of conditions for measles outbreaks, affecting children
WHO launches a second report of country success stories in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services
The Healthy Ageing 50: A call for leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older
WHO congratulates Sudan on adopting the “High burden to high impact” approach
Integrated care for older people: WHO launches new report of findings from the ICOPE implementation pilot programme
WHO recommends highly successful COVID-19 therapy and calls for wide geographical distribution and transparency from originator
Walk the Talk is back in Place des Nations this year - here’s how we’re doing it safely
Over 1 million African children protected by first malaria vaccine
New guidelines from WHO recommend a simpler, safer treatment for cryptococcal disease in people living with HIV
Delivering on the G20 Leaders commitment to build an equitable and effective Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR)
Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2022
World Health Assembly agrees historic decision to sustainably finance WHO
Thousands join 3rd WHO Walk the Talk in Geneva
Benin, Uganda and Rwanda eliminate human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
World Health Assembly re-elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to second term as WHO Director-General
Health system performance assessment: new framework for policy analysis
Asia-Pacific journalists share road safety stories
ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council co-chairs welcome financial and policy commitments made at the Second Global COVID-19 Summit
WHO launches new guide on integrating eye care in health systems
Minister of Public Health takes part as guest of honor in WHO’s Walk the Talk: Health For All Challenge in Geneva
First Lady of Croatia takes part as special guest of WHO Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge
WHO Director-General announces Global Health Leaders Awards
WHO working closely with countries responding to monkeypox
COVAX calls for urgent action to close vaccine equity gap
World Health Statistics 2022
Cansino Ad5-nCoV-S vaccine recommendations for use
Launch of the WHO compilation of innovative concepts to communicate science during the COVID-19 pandemic
WHO validates 11th vaccine for COVID-19
WHO issues Information Note on ensuring continuity of essential TB services for people with or at risk of the disease in Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries
Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly to focus on “Health for Peace, Peace for Health” for recovery and renewal
