health News
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Introducing the WHO technical package on quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings
The World Health Organization is calling for action to address quality of…
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WHO validates Cote d’Ivoire for eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Côte d’Ivoire has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping…
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WHO Urban Health Initiative releases report on sustainable transport in Ghana
The report, “Health and economic impacts of transport interventions in Accra,” shows…
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Medical Product Alert N°2/2021: Falsified COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2
Alert Summary This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to falsified COVID-19 Vaccine…
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Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, has appointed Mr Carl Bildt as…
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New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and…
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Living with the Times: new toolkit helps older adults maintain good mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The “Living with the Times” toolkit contains illustrated posters with key messages…
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How can we vaccinate the world? Five challenges facing the UN-backed COVAX programme
Vaccines are a key part of the solution to ending the COVID-19…
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Use COVID-19 recovery to make inclusion ‘a reality’, UN chief says on World Day
“The crisis has created new obstacles and challenges. But efforts to reignite…
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Vaccine equity: ‘Race is on’ to inoculate health workers and those most at risk globally
Although COVAX has already delivered 35 million doses to more than 78…
