Medical Product Alert N°3/2021: Falsified CYTOTEC

Target product profile for next-generation TB drug-susceptibility testing at peripheral sites

Documentary: Yellow fever preventive mass vaccination campaign, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2021

West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea

New WHO toolkit promotes inclusion of people with dementia in society

Fraudulent “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize” scam, falsely alleges association with WHO and others

Study to prevent deaths from opioid overdose shows promising results

COVID-19 vaccines available for all healthcare workers in the Western Pacific Region

Obituary: Dr Ana Sánchez Urrutia, member of WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing

Public notice and comment on new Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) members

FIFA launches #ReachOut campaign for better mental health

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021

Joint Statement of the Multilateral Leaders Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics for Developing Countries following its Second Meeting

New consortium working to boost vaccine production in South Africa

Updated recommendations for use of the ChAdOx1-S [recombinant] vaccine against COVID-19

Health Workforce in COVID-19 Action Series: Time to Protect. Invest. Together.

Visceral leishmaniasis elimination: India gears-up to overcome last-mile challenges

New advocacy brief highlights serious consequences of social isolation and loneliness on the health of older people, calls for greater political priority to the issue

NTDs: sustainably financed, standardized global monitoring and evaluation – critical to achieve 2030 road map targets

Papua New Guinea steps up efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Be careful what you share. Things aren't always what they seem online.

State of play of WHO guidance on Front-of-the-Pack labelling

WHO and partners call for urgent action on meningitis

Safe abortion in the context of COVID-19: partnership, dialogue and digital innovation

Progress and Multisectoral Action Towards Achieving Global Targets to End TB

All Principals video to mark two year anniversary of the launch of the SDG3 Global Action Plan

WHO Academy Groundbreaking Ceremony Expanding Access to Critical Learning

Global commitments on COVID-19 offer way forward but success depends on action being taken now

ACT-Accelerator partnership welcomes leadership and commitments at US COVID Summit to ending COVID-19 pandemic through equitable access to tests, treatments, and vaccines

New course on Rabies & One Health launched on OpenWHO

What Needs to Change to Enhance Covid-19 Vaccine Access

New storybook to help children stay hopeful during COVID-19

Neglected tropical diseases: 2020 preventive chemotherapy treatment coverage declines due to COVID-19 disruptions

Launch of new tools for the control of Taenia solium

Global leaders commit further support for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and COVAX

On new recommendation for treatment of COVID-19 patients: WHO calls for equitable access to casirivimab and imdevimab for COVID-19

What is Go Viral?

New coalitions announced at the UN Food Systems Summit to increase access to healthy diets from sustainable food systems

Obituary: Akira Ito,  8 March 1947 – 9 September 2021