Launching of the Maldives-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2018-2022
WHO marks 25 years of Research4Life, advancing access to scientific knowledge in more than 120 countries
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives
WHO Member States continue negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex
New WHO guidelines: up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed
Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO
El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050
WHO adds first diagnostic test for Ebola Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing
Patient enrolment begins in a scientific trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease
Forty-ninth session of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards
TAG-TP statement on immunomodulators and host-directed therapies for Bundibugyo virus disease
655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target
WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects
WHO issues comprehensive guidelines on filovirus disease, including Ebola and Marburg disease
Open letter to leaders of G7, G20, BRICS and all nations on finalizing the WHO Pandemic Agreement’s Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex
Safe blood supply improves as voluntary donations exceed 85%, but many people still lack access
Africa CDC and WHO launch joint continental Ebola response plan
Unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually, young children at highest risk
Joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus
WHO urges governments to protect young people from addiction to tobacco and nicotine products
Experts convened by WHO advise on candidate treatments and vaccines for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
79th World Health Assembly adopts resolution to strengthen pharmacovigilance
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2026
