health News
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New political declaration to halve road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030 is a milestone achievement
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the political declaration to be adopted…
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WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsens
WHO is scaling up its operations in eastern Africa as the region…
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World Bank Board Approves New Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR)
The devastating human, economic, and social cost of COVID-19 has highlighted the…
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Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official
Nneka Henry, who heads the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) Secretariat,…
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COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in his weekly briefing to journalists…
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New agreement under C-TAP aims to improve global access to COVID-19 testing technologies
A new, open, transparent sublicence agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)…
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WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care
The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental…
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UN humanitarian leaders call for the renewal of cross-border aid authorization to northwest Syria
In less than a month, the Security Council resolution that allows the…
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Commonwealth leaders recommit to ending malaria and neglected tropical diseases
The Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) concluded today…
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Colombia’s landmark Road Safety Law could save countless lives
Bogotá, Colombia – Juliàn Estaban’s Law, Bill PL408/2021, was ratified by the Colombian…
