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Paediatric drug optimization for epilepsy: meeting report, 1-2 July 2025

The PADO for epilepsy exercise aimed to support the identification of short- and long term priorities for epilepsy medicines for the paediatric age group,...

Towards closing the gap in access to child-friendly formulations of essential medicines

Over four years, under the framework of GAP-f, WHO comprehensively reviewed formulations of medicines listed on the EMLc to inform the 2023 and 2025...

Advancing multidisciplinary approaches to public health emergencies in the African Region

The Integrated outbreak analytics (IOA) workshop, held in Dakar, Senegal, and hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters and the Regional...

Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2023

Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation and public health problem that transcends economic, social and national boundaries. It has...