Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ – 10,000 children now killed or maimed
Another “shameful milestone” has been reached in the conflict in [...]
Football star Didier Drogba signs with WHO, as new Goodwill Ambassador
Football legend Didier Drogba on Monday was named the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Goodwill Ambassador for [...]
Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
The decision by the Taliban leadership to support the resumption [...]
Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP
Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of [...]
Step up, urges WHO as figures reveal 1 in 4 adults don’t exercise enough
Up to five million premature deaths a year could be prevented if the global population was [...]
COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’
Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers [...]
WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins, prevent future pandemics
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine [...]
COVID-19 deaths at lowest level in nearly a year, WHO reports
Although COVID-19 deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of [...]
UN honours Henrietta Lacks, whose cells transformed medical research worldwide
For the past seven decades, the cells of Henrietta Lacks, a Black [...]
WHO advisory group recommends COVID-19 booster shot for immunocompromised people
People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot [...]
WHO: Global health community prescribes climate action for COVID recovery
Ambitious national climate commitments are crucial for States to sustain [...]
Make mental healthcare for all a reality, urges Guterres
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental [...]
UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment
The first official clinical definition of living with “post COVID” [...]
UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment
The first official clinical definition of living with “post COVID” [...]
World misses most 2020 mental health targets: WHO
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting a [...]
World misses most 2020 mental health targets: WHO
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting a [...]
COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pandemic’
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an [...]
WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk children
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s [...]
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to [...]
Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care, receive it: WHO
Only one in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, [...]