World AIDS Day: HIV remains a pressing public health issue
HIV remains a pressing public health issue: For World AIDS Day, marked on 1 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining international partners to...
Global Reach
The Global Reach category highlights health issues, systems and innovations from around the world. It brings international perspectives on public health, equity, policy and practice, showcasing how different regions confront shared challenges and opportunities in health and care.
WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change
WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change: Despite strides in expanding access to insecticide-treated nets and medicines to help prevent malaria...
Building a global, multi-disciplinary platform to promote women’s health
The Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, has multiple research initiatives over women’s...
WHO: Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children: Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant...
Road safety week 2023
Let’s talk about SPEED. Five people die on UK roads every day, so why do we still think it’s OK to speed? Take part in...
Clusters of respiratory illness in children in northern China
WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. At...
WHO launches commission to foster social connection
The WHO has announced a new Commission on Social Connection, to address loneliness as a pressing health threat, promote social connection as a priority and...
Traveling For Healthcare – 4 Insights To Know
Traveling For Healthcare - 4 Insights To Know: It’s very easy to talk and think about healthcare as if everything you need was at the...
Interconnected challenges of climate change & nutrition
Launched on 25th Otober, two reports outlining both the pathways through which nutrition and climate are connected and the current state of action on addressing...
Syrian doctors upskilled to screen and treat women with cervical cancer
Dr Saladin Sawan, Consultant Surgeon in Gynaecological Oncology and one of our faculty trainers, recently returned from a surgical mission in Idlib, Syria, upskilling 41...
