Safety 2024 highlights effective interventions to save lives
Better snakebite data needed to save lives and limbs
UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO
WHO urges rapid access to mpox diagnostic tests, invites manufacturers to emergency review
The Republic of Korea and WHO discuss joint priorities, challenges and trends around global health
WHO and International Paralympic Committee team up to highlight power of assistive technology at Paris 2024 Paralympics
Fourteen African countries, key partners unite to provide critical resources for health in WHO’s first-ever Investment Round
Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
WHO introduces tool to scale-up country emergency capabilities and response
WHO issues rapid communication on key updates to the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
First meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
South Africa prepares for future respiratory pathogen pandemics
Humanitarian pauses vital for critical polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
WHO offers new online course on building resilient health systems
WHO releases updated Target Product Profiles for tuberculosis diagnosis and detection of drug resistance
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
Statement of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO invites mpox vaccine manufacturers to submit dossiers for emergency evaluation
Medical Product Alert N°3/2024: Falsified (contaminated) Oxymorphone Hydrochloride 40mg
Malaysia commits to reducing road traffic speeds in school zones
Statement of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) on the safety of the mpox vaccines for use in high-risk groups
WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, boosting global access
WHO-trained journalist wins road safety prize at Ghana’s national journalism awards
WHO launches global strategic plan to fight rising dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases
WHO validates the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Pakistan
WHO, National Medical Center of Republic of Korea strengthen collaboration on emergency response
WHO calls for urgent transformation of care and support systems for older people
Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
New advisory group established for SPECS 2030 initiative
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025 southern hemisphere influenza season
WHO and TikTok to collaborate on more science-based information on health and well-being
First WHO Prequalified Vector Control Product Registered through the Collaborative Registration Procedure
Long-acting injectable lenacapavir continues to show promising results for HIV prevention
World leaders commit to decisive action on antimicrobial resistance
Utilizing data on antimicrobial use and knowledge to inform regulatory changes to antibiotic packaging and support antimicrobial stewardship efforts in Bangladesh
Multimodal intervention to promote antimicrobial stewardship and reduce device-associated infections in intensive care units of hospitals in Paraguay, 2021-2023.
WHO’s Hinari access to research programme drives increase in publications and trials
New global guidance puts forward recommendations for more effective and equitable clinical trials
World Health Assembly 77 side event: community protection: putting communities at the centre of managing health emergencies
WHO updates data visualization dashboard on antimicrobial resistance and use