COVID-19
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WHO launches new tools to help countries build effective childhood cancer programmes
A suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of…
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WHO lists two additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out
Today WHO listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency…
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Consultation: Draft Global Strategy on WASH and NTDs 2021?2030
In 2015, WHO and partners mobilized the WASH community to help accelerate…
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Taeniasis: large-scale treatment shows interesting and far-reaching results
A three-year pilot project for the control of taeniasis in Madagascar has…
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From paper to digital pathway: WHO launches first ‘SMART Guidelines’
WHO has launched its first SMART Guideline, a landmark effort to accelerate…
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World Waking Up To Vaccine Equity
At the halfway point in the World Health Organization and Director-General Tedros…
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No-fault compensation programme for COVID-19 vaccines is a world first
New programme makes compensation available to eligible individuals in 92 low- and…
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Improving understanding of and response to infodemics during public health emergencies
Following the first global infodemiology conference held in July 2020, WHO and partners coordinated a joint call for papers …
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Ghana is first in Africa to receive Covid-19 vaccines under COVAX
Ghana on Wednesday morning took delivery of 600,000 AstraZeneca doses of Covid-19…
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Covid-19: Poor countries without vaccines could face grave death toll
– – Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds…













