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Maternal mortality in fragile and conflict-affected situations: technical brief

This brief aligns the latest maternal mortality estimates with whether a country is conflict-affected or considered institutionally fragile. Nearly...

Mainstreaming antimicrobial resistance into primary health care: international workshop report

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized an international workshop from 18 to 20 March 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand,...

WHO malaria terminology 2025, Third edition

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of new terms in relation to malaria in scientific literature, technical reports and the media. Concurrently,...

Report of the 18th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management, Geneva, Switzerland and online, 7-10 October 2025

The 18th Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) was...