Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five
WHO Information Notice for IVD Users 2026/01
Conflict deepens health crisis across Middle East, WHO says
WHO releases new target product profiles for urgently needed antibiotics
WHO launches first-ever implementation handbook to accelerate country action on hepatitis elimination
Singapore sets global first by reaching WHO’s highest classification for medical device regulation
WHO recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling for TB diagnosis
Communities at the centre: advancing social and economic protection for preparedness and response
WHO tests a strategy game to improve outbreak response speed
Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to be verified by WHO for the elimination of leprosy
Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO releases updated Health Inequality Data Repository and Health Equity Assessment Toolkit
WHO calls for a global shift to environmentally friendly, less invasive and affordable oral health care
WHO highlights the importance of addressing childhood hearing loss
Global webinar on core public health capacities to conduct ship inspections and issue ship sanitation certificates
Santiago de Chile Declaration launched to advance clean air and environmental justice in Latin America
Recommendations for influenza vaccine composition for the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere season
New WHO guidance on novel snakebite treatments published
Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
Local voices, local data: how localization can strengthen malaria elimination across Africa
Message from the Head of the PIP Framework Secretariat, Anne Huvos
After three years of conflict, Sudan faces a deeper health crisis
First-ever WHO Forum unites 800+ collaborating centres for stronger scientific collaboration
Kazakhstan becomes first country in Central Asia to earn WHO recognition for regulation of medicines and imported vaccines
Joint Statement FAO/WHO/WOAH Joint One Health Learning Taskforce
Strengthening One Health through coordinated action on implementation, science, policy and financing
WHO and France shift One Health vision to action with new high-impact initiatives
R&D roadmaps for pathogen families to reduce uncertainty about the next pandemic and boost coordinated global R&D preparedness
Cities unite to put One Health into action
WHO calls for action: “Together for health. Stand with science.” to mark World Health Day
WHO’s head of emergencies reaffirms support to Lebanon’s health system amid escalating needs
From evidence to action: WHO consultation advances public health and social measures for public health emergencies
Urban health leaders renew commitment to accelerate life-saving action in cities
WHO updates guidelines on opioid dependence treatment and overdose prevention
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - March 2026
Message from the Director - continuing sexual and reproductive health and rights progress in turbulent times
Types of data requested to inform May 2026 COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition deliberations
WHO Member States agree to extend negotiations on key annex to the Pandemic Agreement
African Road Safety Charter comes into force
WHO welcomes IOM into the Global Digital Health Certification Network
