WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care
Report urges mental health decision makers and advocates to step up commitment and action to change attitudes, actions and approaches to mental health, its determinants […]
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WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care
Access to safe abortion critical for health of women and girls: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care today, […]
FAO, OIE and WHO on monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection in wildlife + preventing the formation of animal reservoirs
By Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and World Health Organization (WHO) As we enter the third year of the […]
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at announcement “spokes” of mRNA technology transfer hub
Your Excellency President Macron,Excellency President Macky Sall,Excellency President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi,Excellency President Kenyatta,Excellency President Buhari,Excellency President Saied,Excellency President Michel,Excellency President von der Leyen,Excellencies, dear colleagues, […]
WHO – Essential health services face continued disruption during COVID-19 pandemic
Two years into the pandemic, health systems are still facing significant challenges in providing essential health services. Ongoing disruptions have been reported in over 90% […]
WHO: Information session on the mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa
The audio file of today’s information session on the objectives, functioning and progress of the mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa is available […]
U.S. EPA and World Health Organization Partner to Protect Public Health
Agreement recognizes the increased environmental and public health risks from the warming global climate and prioritizes environmental justice This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
WHO Virtual Press Conference on COVID-19 and other global health issues, 18 January
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 — 18 January 2022 The volcanic eruption near Tonga and subsequent tsunami requires an urgent […]
COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose – with video
On 15 January 2021, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX. Together with our partners, COVAX […]
WHO Interim statement on COVID-19 vaccines
Interim Statement on COVID-19 vaccines in the context of the circulation of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine […]
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the press conference – 29 December 2021
Early on we worked out that beating this new health threat would require three things: Science. Solutions. Solidarity. While there were 1.8 million recorded deaths […]
Links to new WHO mask use guidelines
Please find below two links to new WHO mask use guidelines issued today: COVID-19 infection prevention and control living guideline: mask use in community settings22 […]
WHO Interim statement on booster doses for COVID-19 vaccination
The World Health Organization, with the support of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and its COVID-19 Vaccines Working Group, continues to review the emerging evidence on the need for and […]
WHO lists 10th COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use: Nuvaxovid
The World Health Organization issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for Nuvaxovid™, following its assessment and approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) earlier today. […]
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 16 December 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared the end of the Ebola virus disease […]