World No Tobacco Day 2026: Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction
Empowering countries to harness digital health for stronger health systems
Health Works Leaders Coalition launched to promote health system investments and spur economic growth, job creation
No safe level: act now to end lead exposure
100 countries committed to climate action for health
Spotlight on traditional medicine at World Health Summit 2025
New guidelines on community hand hygiene to help governments reduce the spread of infectious diseases
11 million lives lost each year: urgent action needed on neurological care
WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Medical Product Alert N°5/2025: Substandard (contaminated) oral liquid medicines
WHO upgrades its public health intelligence system to boost global health security
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
Learner spotlight: Emmanuel’s mental health mission in the Philippines
WHO announces the development of new recommendations on HTLV-1
WHO releases new guidelines on tuberculosis and undernutrition
WHO launches the Global Clinical Trials Forum
WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco
WHO publishes first-of-its-kind guidance to support government decision-making on public health and social measures
Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage
IARC, WHO Academy, and other WHO partners launch new comprehensive learning programme on screening, diagnosis, and management of cervical precancer
World marks cervical cancer elimination day as countries accelerate action
World AMR Awareness Week 2025 urges action to turn political commitments into life-saving interventions
Collaboration for greater impact - PHA4GE Conference and IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025
Leadership engagement growing for evidence-based traditional medicine ahead of 2nd WHO Summit in New Delhi, India
WHO promotes lifesaving intervention for small and preterm babies on first official World Prematurity Day
Investing in primary health care in Ethiopia: a joint technical workshop
Stronger infection prevention and management, better maternal outcomes
WHO and Brazil urge swift action on Belém Health Action Plan at COP30
WHO launches global guidelines on diabetes during pregnancy on World Diabetes Day
WHO and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) co-host high-level roundtable to accelerate investment in civil registration and vital statistics systems across the Francophone world
Global gains in tuberculosis response endangered by funding challenges
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
World Pneumonia Day – 12 November 2025
Statement of the Forty-third meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
Countries make progress on WHO Pandemic Agreement annex on pathogen access and benefit sharing system
Joint call to strengthen policy and investment for child and youth mental health and well-being
WHO sets new global standard for child-friendly cancer drugs, paving way for industry innovation
New WHO report urges bold steps for equitable access to novel TB vaccines