Tedros Ghebreyesus keeps his job at WHO helm
Simply Put: The real virus
WHO releases new roadmap to defeat meningitis
WHO’s new meningitis strategy aims to save more than 200,000 lives annually
The pandemic treaty can help the world brace for Disease X: WHO Director-General
This can bring all the experience, challenges faced by the world, and all the solutions onto one platform
COVID-19: Viable vaccine will not halt spread of economic damage, warns UNCTAD
The economic setback would be felt long into the future, especially by the poorest and most vulnerable countries, the report added
Road traffic deaths declined overall, but those of cyclists and pedestrians rose in last decade: WHO report
Cyclists deaths have increased by 70 per cent in a decade; just 25 per cent of countries have laws in place to support public transportation,…
COVID-19: Medical experts, civil society slam Trump’s move to cut WHO funding
Whatever the UN body’s faults, now not the time for such an action, they say
37 of 55 countries facing health worker shortages in Africa: WHO
Shortage of health workers in Africa is predicted to reach 6.1 million by 2030
Countries agree to sustainably finance WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic
The aim is to reach 50 per cent of WHO’s budget by 2028-2029 if possible
COVID-19: India, 57 other countries demand probe into WHO’s response
Draft resolution tabled for World Health Assembly starting on May 18
Second anti-malaria vaccine for children approved by WHO
Global health body also recommends vaccines for dengue and meningitis
WHO chief stands uncontested for upcoming director general elections
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently backed by 28 of 192 member states
Vaccine inequity created perfect conditions for emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants: WHO
Cannot call omicron mild only because it is causing less severe disease, says WHO
DTE Coverage: Highlights from 76th World Health Assembly
Progress at event on WHO funding, indigenous health, drowning, hazardous chemicals
COVID-19: Pandemic threat real, admits WHO
Novel coronavirus hasn’t run its course in most countries; need to step up emergency measures
COVID-19: Tedros accepts proposal to ‘evaluate’ WHO's response
US Secretary of Health rebukes WHO, China at World Health Assembly
After COVID-19, WHO declares mpox is no longer public health emergency of global concern
There has been a significant decline in the number of reported cases compared to the previous reporting period and no changes in mpox’s …
Biden’s plan for ending the emergency declaration for COVID-19 signals a pivotal point in the pandemic – 4 questions answered
Ending the federal emergency reflects both a scientific and political judgment that the acute phase of the pandemic has ended and that special …
Over half of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment: WHO
More research is needed to discover why AMR has increased and the extent to which infections are related to hospitalisations and antibiotic …
COVID-19 virus not the last to cause pandemic, warns WHO chief
Tedros Ghebreyesus October 13 announced names of 26 experts who will advise WHO on developing framework to define studies into …
Coronavirus update: Tedros stresses green, healthy recovery from COVID-19
Lockdown measures turned lives upside down: WHO chief
Health for all: WHO launches first-ever roadmap to link health with sustainable economic growth
WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All launches report at 76th World Health Assembly
WHO declares monkeypox public health emergency of international concern
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus overruled a committee of experts who could not come to a consensus
Business as usual for mental health simply will not do: WHO
All WHO member states have adopted the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030 but progress has been slow, latest analysis of …
Accountability, equity: Experts suggest what WHO’s first-ever pandemic treaty should encapsulate
The first round of public hearings for the treaty is currently underway though it will be drafted only by 2024
