New WHO health inequality country profiles to track progress on achieving health equity
Learner spotlight: Vivian’s path to rights based mental health advocacy
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
International Forum on migration calls for stronger action in support of migrant-inclusive health systems
New evidence confirms malaria vaccine saves child lives and will have high impact in wider rollout
WHO’s response to hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship
Medical Product Alert N°1/2026: Substandard ACCUPAQUE (Iohexol), OMNIPAQUE (Iohexol) and VISIPAQUE (Iodixanol)
WHO and IPU call on parliamentarians to join the WHA Global Parliamentary Forum
WHO and the Stop TB Partnership publish a TB near point-of-care and swab-based testing toolkit
Behavioural insights toolkit helps countries address harmful skin‑lightening practices
World Hand Hygiene Day 2026: Action saves lives
Joint call by the President of the ICRC, the Director-General of WHO and the International President of MSF
Strengthening asthma and COPD care through primary health care in Nepal and Sri Lanka
WHO Member States agree to extend negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex
Application period now open for the 2027 update of the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines
GISRS mourns the passing of Dr Nancy Cox
Ghana’s new road traffic law and safety standards will save lives
WHO expands global biomanufacturing workforce network to strengthen equitable access and health security
Global forum takes stock of progress on new TB vaccines for adults and adolescents
Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
First meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda 2026 – Temporary recommendations
Healing the future: Traditional medicine drives innovation, equity and planetary health at WHA79
World Health Assembly endorses resolution on precision medicine
World must ‘double down on delivery’ for global road safety, says WHO
WHO and African Medicines Agency launch landmark framework to strengthen access to quality-assured health products in Africa
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2026
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 20 May 2026
WHO and Gilead Sciences renew partnership to accelerate visceral leishmaniasis elimination
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 19 May 2026
The TB Vaccine Accelerator Council meets for the fourth time
Strengthening nursing and midwifery through global collaboration
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly honours global champions advancing primary health care
Exhibit highlights the health impacts of online violence affecting children and adolescents
Belem Health Action Plan High Level Side Event, World Health Assembly
World No Tobacco Day 2026 awards – meet the winners
World Health Assembly opens in Geneva, Switzerland
Norad's US$ 3 million boost to WHO acute care programme set to save thousands of lives
WHO issues first recommendation on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to help prevent sexually transmitted infections
Director-General presents Award for Global Health to four distinguished leaders
WHO launches advocacy, communications and partnerships plan on the health response to climate change, air pollution and energy poverty
