WHO unveils new guideline to improve global access to controlled medicines
WHO guideline on contact tracing now available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish
Progress for NTDs: two resolutions adopted at WHA78
African Union and World Health Organization renew strategic partnership to drive impact and strengthen health systems in Africa
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 24 May 2025
Progress on emergency, critical and operative care
3rd World Local Production Forum ends with strong call for health equity, security, and sustainability
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2025
Millions lack access to basic eyeglasses
The World Health Assembly endorses the extension of the Global Strategy on Digital Health to 2027 and approves the next phase for 2028–2033
Progress on infection prevention and control
Progress on patient safety across health systems around the world
African Nations unite to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis and boost cross-border collaboration for NTDs
Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in Gaza, WHO warns
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2025
Dengue Expert Review Panel for Diagnostics
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2025
Technical paper on economic and commercial determinants of health in Small Island Developing States
Update on the Call for Expressions of Interest to Join the Coalition
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - May 2025
Re-building trust and a new financing framework: H20 Summit to set the stage for G20 health priorities
FDA approval of injectable lenacapavir marks progress for HIV prevention
WHO issues first global guideline to improve pregnancy care for women with sickle cell disease
WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
Jordan’s new drink-driving law will save lives
WHO approves six software products for computer-aided detection of TB on chest X-ray
Equity and health: the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in clinical trials
The WHO Hub in Berlin: driving innovation to make the world safer from health threats
WHO launches a country-led, interactive platform for strengthening strategic planning to end TB
WHO launches Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation and Evidence-informed Policy-making
mRNA Technology Transfer Programme’s Phase 2.0 discussed with partners on the sidelines of G20 Summit
WHO’s “Beat the Heat” initiative making strides to protect workers and event participants from extreme heat and related environmental hazards
Parliamentarians take their seats at the World Health Assembly
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 – Temporary recommendations
WHO launches new Collaborating Centre on Alcohol Policy and Public Health Research
New WHO online course series strengthens readiness for chemical hazards
WHO calls for urgent protection of Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital in the Gaza Strip
Announcing the 2025 release of the DORIS tool to strengthen cause of death coding and reporting using ICD-11
WHA78: Key decisions advancing the global NCD and mental health agenda ahead of HLM4
Global health leaders urge action on immunization priorities at Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly
