Visit of WHO Director-General to north-west Syria
Registration Open: Please apply to join the UN Multi-stakeholder Hearing on TB on 8-9 May
The Montreux Charter on Patient Safety galvanizes action to address avoidable harm in health care
Ukraine emergency- the largest response operation supported by WHO’s Standby Partners in 2022
WHO rolls out new holistic way to measure early childhood development
Governments hold first detailed discussions on proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2023-2024 northern hemisphere influenza season
SEARO Sub-regional Workshop on strengthening IHR activities and implementation at Ports of Entry
New collaboration targets better bone health and ageing
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
New WHO guidelines on parenting aim to help prevent child maltreatment and enhance parent-child relationships
A new era in the fight against measles and rubella
OpenWHO named 2023 Learning Platform of the Year
Medical Product Alert N°2/2023: TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT USP 1%
Multidisciplinary Technical Advisory Group established to advise WHO on local production and technology transfer of health products
New Global Road Safety Leaders’ Network convenes to tackle road carnage
New member of the Primary Registry Network: International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry (ITMCTR)
Updated good practice statement on the use of variant-containing COVID-19 vaccines
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of monkeypox (mpox)
Countries unite to remove mercury from hazardous skin lightening products
WHO announces new Director of the Global Malaria Programme
Hundreds to attend WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs
The cholera emergency is avoidable
WHO certifies Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
WHO steps up the Director-General’s flagship initiative to combat tuberculosis
COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted access to medicines for noncommunicable diseases
Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants
SAGO statement on newly released SARS-CoV-2 metagenomics data from China CDC on GISAID
WHO signs partnership agreement with MapAction
Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative
Statement on the update of WHO’s working definitions and tracking system for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest
Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
Global summit maps priorities to turn the tide on postpartum haemorrhage
WHO at the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): statement in the General Debate
WHO at the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): statement at the 35th Session of the IPU Forum of Women Parliamentarians
WHO renews alert on safeguards for health worker recruitment
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - March 2023
HRP Alliance celebrates five years of research capacity strengthening
WHO publishes recommendations on two new types of insecticide-treated nets
