News

The world is witnessing an alarming increase in emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and the health impacts of climate change. These interconnected threats cross ...

31 October marks World Cities Day, designated by UN General Assembly Resolution 68/239. The day provides an opportunity to promote global interest in urbanization, foster internati ...

he Seventy-eighth session of WHO South-East Asia concluded today with Member States deliberating and adopting resolutions and decisions on key public health challenges, to accelera ...

The Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region today adopted Colombo Declaration on ‘Healthy ageing through strengthened primary health care’, aimed at health and well-being of it ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the German pharmaceutical company, Bayer AG, have renewed a longstanding collaboration to support endemic countries in scaling up free-of-ch ...

A new academic paper published in The Lancet Global Health provides clear evidence that the global decline in maternal deaths over the past two decades has been driven by improveme ...

The 46th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy starting from 27 November. The sessions can also be followed via Webstream.

The September 2025 meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), held from 22–25 September with a joint session with the Malaria Policy Advisory Group ...