Prior use of pholcodine-containing cough and cold remedies and risk of perioperative anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs)
WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs calls for greater efforts to address their burden
Commission on Narcotic Drugs accepts all WHO recommendations on the control of several psychoactive substances
WHO convenes global consultation to develop a programme of recognition for Public Health Laboratories
Lessons learnt from the multi-country rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) survey
WHO welcomes signing of sublicences with three manufacturers to produce long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention
WHO applauds Indian leadership on ending TB
WHO certifies Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative
SAGE March 2023 meeting highlights published
WHO commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of Dr Carlo Urbani
WHO initiates building a global curriculum for infodemic management
Quadripartite call to action for One Health for a safer world
International Chemical Safety Cards now available in German
WHO World TB Day Message: Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Global TB Programme
Registration now open for the Open Session of the meeting of the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
Experts call for action on the commercial determinants of health and health equity
WHO releases priorities for research and development of age-appropriate antibiotics
WHO announces new Director of the Global Malaria Programme
Hundreds to attend WHO’s first global meeting on skin NTDs
WHO steps up the Director-General’s flagship initiative to combat tuberculosis
The CIP Network Global Steering Group convenes the first Work Plan Development Meeting
Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
The cholera emergency is avoidable
COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted access to medicines for noncommunicable diseases
Registration deadline for UN Multistakeholder Hearing, UN Missions Briefing and World TB Day
Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants
SAGO statement on newly released SARS-CoV-2 metagenomics data from China CDC on GISAID
WHO at the 67th Commission on the Status of Women: Improving women’s health outcomes through technology and digital innovations
Statement on the update of WHO’s working definitions and tracking system for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest