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October 7, 2021

WHO recommends malaria vaccine for children at risk

WHO recommends ground breaking malaria vaccine for children at risk. Historic RTS,S/AS01 recommendation can reinvigorate the fight against malaria. The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending...

October 4, 2021

WHO: new essential medicines list

WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists: High prices and low availability still a major barrier for patients’ access...

September 30, 2021

Strategic Action for Health in Small Island Developing States

WHO is hosting the first global gathering of leaders focusing exclusively on health in Small Island Developing States, or SIDS. The SIDS Summit for Health...

September 29, 2021

Call for urgent action on meningitis

WHO and partners call for urgent action on meningitis. WHO and partners launch new meningitis strategy aims to save more than 200,000 lives annually. By...

September 27, 2021

WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19 : Keeping schools safe

What steps should a school take to keep students and staff safe from COVID-19? What about vaccination? How can families and communities keep themselves safe...

September 20, 2021

Gordon Brown appointed WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing

Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed World Health Organization Ambassador for Global Health Financing: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recognizes Mr Brown as a...

September 7, 2021

WHO: World failing to address dementia challenge

WHO: World failing to address dementia challenge: Only a quarter of countries worldwide have a national policy, strategy or plan for supporting people with dementia...

August 31, 2021

WHO health supplies land in Afghanistan

WHO health supplies land in Afghanistan: Kabul/Cairo, 30 August 2021 - A plane carrying WHO medicines and health supplies landed in Afghanistan today, 30 August, at...

August 30, 2021

WHO: Digital Certificates for COVID-19

Moving towards digital documentation of COVID-19 status: Vaccination certificates are nothing new. They are health documents that record a vaccination event - traditionally as a...

August 25, 2021

Global crisis – untreated hypertension

More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension. The number of people living with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990. The number of adults...