INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #1
RTS,S malaria vaccine reaches more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through groundbreaking pilot programme
Driving Global Health: Romain Grosjean announces his support for the WHO Foundation
Message from Director SRH/HRP
WHO validates Gambia for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
Applications for the 23rd WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines available for public review and comment
Disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda
WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity
Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Updated repository of health budgets 2021
Update of the WHO guidance on the treatment of drug susceptible tuberculosis
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) review of latest evidence of rare adverse blood coagulation events with AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use - New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
Making childbirth a positive experience
Deaths from caesarean sections 100 times higher in developing countries: global study
WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
Available for review: Nickel background document for the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality
Statement following the Twenty-Eighth IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum
Programmatic innovations to address challenges in tuberculosis prevention and care during the COVID-19 pandemic
World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards - the winners
New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases
WHO/UNICEF statement on the 40th anniversary of the international code of marketing breastmilk substitutes
World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for next one
Support to countries’ equitable and resilient recovery from the pandemic towards the health SDGs: The 2021 SDG3 GAP progress report
Statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) on safety signals related to the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
C-TAP welcomes Open Pledge by 18 generic companies to increase access to COVID-19 health tools
WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases
New report highlights global progress on reducing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections and signals need for renewed efforts to reach 2030 targets
Panel discussion on ethical considerations for use of unregistered interventions for Ebola virus disease
Dynamic WHO dashboard for island states highlights barriers and progress on climate change and health
WHO and UNICEF launch new tools for the promotion of adolescent mental health
Dominica celebrates elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
