Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
EU renews support for WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Partnership
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - September 2025
WHO publishes new R&D landscape analyses highlighting gaps and inequities in cancer research
Amended International Health Regulations enter into force
WHO publishes full national policy guidance to support equitable access to controlled medicines
WHO urges cost effective solutions on NCDs and mental health amidst slowing progress
"Patient safety from the start!" — WHO urges global investment in safe paediatric and newborn care
Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment available
WHO released updated guideline on HIV service delivery
WHO announces the development of guidelines on multiplex testing
WHO warns that tobacco use is linked to child stunting
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments
WHO hosts first online training on the Urban Health Capacity Assessment and Response Resource Kit
Bridging global guidance and local action for maternal and newborn health
South Africa celebrates African Traditional Medicine Day with national commemoration
WHO releases new reports and estimates highlighting urgent gaps in mental health
Over a billion people living with mental health conditions – services require urgent scale-up
From Gaza to Geneva: WHO Director-General hosts Palestinian disability delegation
Medical Product Alert N°4/2025: Substandard (contaminated) FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate)
Strengthening global public health through traditional medicine: 3rd World Congress on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Countries, regulators and partners urge a collaborative approach to advance safe and equitable AI in health
WHO launches new country guidance for health emergency coordination
Strengthening Indigenous-led engagement in global health and biodiversity governance
WHO and partners refine global map of tools for assessing Science Advisory Systems
Global progress against neglected tropical diseases continues despite challenges, new WHO report finds
Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
WHO and partners strengthen coordination for NTD programmes and supply chain delivery
Empowering countries to harness digital health for stronger health systems
World No Tobacco Day 2026: Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction
Health Works Leaders Coalition launched to promote health system investments and spur economic growth, job creation
100 countries committed to climate action for health
Spotlight on traditional medicine at World Health Summit 2025
MERS-CoV virus isolate added to the WHO BioHub System, enabling further research and pandemic preparedness
WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa
New guidelines on community hand hygiene to help governments reduce the spread of infectious diseases
Medical Product Alert N°5/2025: Substandard (contaminated) oral liquid medicines
WHO upgrades its public health intelligence system to boost global health security
11 million lives lost each year: urgent action needed on neurological care
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
