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
HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Rt Hon. Helen Clark brief Member States at the United Nations General Assembly on pandemic response
Elevating political leadership for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Meeting with the UN General Assembly
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #2
“Hepatitis can’t wait” - WHO commemorates World Hepatitis Day 2021
Raising awareness of misinformation among children in Poland
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems
WHO reports progress in the fight against tobacco epidemic
WHO launches updated manual to ensure high quality testing of human semen in clinical and research settings
The WHO and Angry Birds Friends encourage communities to stay active during COVID-19
Statement of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) COVID-19 subcommittee on reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) following adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccines
First World #DrowningPrevention Day calls for accelerated action to prevent drowning, offers strategies to save lives
Governments commit to accelerate action to improve access to eye care services
Together to #ENDviolence: Leaders' Statement. Six game-changing actions to End Violence Against Children
Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery
International Paralympic Committee, World Health Organization sign memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the promotion of diversity and equity in health and sports
New report reveals stark inequalities in access to HIV prevention and treatment services for children—partners call for urgent action
Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling study
Persons with disabilities tell their stories
WHO Position Statement on Innovative Clinical Trial Designs for Development of New TB Treatments
WFP and WHO launch innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities
Germany reinforces its commitment to support WHO’s work
Investing in new TB vaccines: It’s time to end the century-long wait!
Updated WHO SAGE Roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of limited supply
New findings from the ODYSSEY trial confirm superiority of dolutegravir-based ART in young children
WHO publishes new Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring
COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations, new WHO, UNICEF data shows
Statement on the eighth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
WHO encourages manufacturers to develop quality assured formulations of the game-changing drug rifapentine