UN humanitarian chiefs strongly condemn attacks on medical personnel and facilities by all parties to the Syria conflict
Statement on the death of Nelson Mandela
WHO certifies five more countries as free from dracunculiasis
Cases of dracunculiasis continue to drop in South Sudan
WHO Statement on the Fourth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV
Spinal cord injury: as many as 500 000 people suffer each year
Breastfeeding is life-saving for babies in Philippines typhoon emergency
WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition
Children in typhoon-hit Tacloban, Philippines, receive vaccines against measles, polio
WHO and the Philippine Government launch mass vaccination campaign
Launch of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centres Network (EOC-NET)
Morocco, International Organizations and IAEA Member States conduct Bab Al Maghrib simulation exercise to test emergency response to “dirty bomb” attack
Foreign medical teams delivering care in damaged areas
Health actors speak out on climate change issues at COP19
WHO and partners begin reaching people in need on many Philippine islands hit by typhoon
Relief arriving in the Philippines, challenges for delivery persist
WHO supporting Philippine Government with arrival of medical supplies after Typhoon Haiyan
WHO responding to health needs caused by Typhoon Haiyan (“Yolanda”)
Medical Product Alert N°5/2013: Falsified batches of Coartem UPDATE
Adaptation to climate change in the health sector: Improving engagement, evidence and action in sub-Saharan African countries
Countries must invest at least 1% more of GDP on primary health care to eliminate glaring coverage gaps
WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss
West African Economic and Monetary Union adopt the first ever sub-regional health workforce investment action plan
WHO workshop: visionary plans to scale-up rabies control
WHO launches new guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes
Resolution on Community Health Workers to be considered at the upcoming World Health Assembly
Momentum for community health workers at the Seventy-second World Health Assembly
FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund paternering with the European Union
WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare
Vaccination: European Commission and World Health Organization join forces to promote the benefits of vaccines
WHO Director-General urges world leaders to protect health from climate change
Bahamas Health Officials Respond to Hurricane Dorian with PAHO’s support
PAHO issues $3.5 million donor appeal for humanitarian health response in the Bahamas
Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds
Vaccine Misinformation: Statement by WHO Director-General on Facebook and Instagram
Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025
Seeking feedback to develop a population-representative sexual health survey instrument
WHO statement on attacks against health care in north-west Syria
WHO Director-General calls on world leaders to support Universal Health Coverage high-level meeting
WHO publishes new report on psoriasis
