The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the urgenthealth needs of the tens of thousands of people affected by the recentearthquake in Bam, Islamic Republic of Iran. The health risks ofexposure to cold night temperatures, inadequate access to s
WHO and Novartis sign agreement for 5-year donation to global TB drug facilityHalf a million of the world’s poorest tuberculosis patientsare to benefit from free life-saving drugs under an agreement signedtoday by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Joint diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis,osteoporosis, spinal disorders, low back pain, and severe trauma areamong 150 musculoskeletal conditions affecting millions of peopleglobally, according to a comprehensive new publication releas
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners todayapplauded Rotary International for its US$ 88 557 000 pledge to polioeradication. Rotary today announced the results of its year-longcampaign to raise funds for a polio-free world, at its internat
The damage done to the Iraqi health system by years ofunderinvestment, economic sanctions and most acutely by weeks ofconflict is clear to see. Now, the World Health Organization is workingto assist in the long process of putting the system back on i
"Winter is coming to spring, and colleges and universities are opening one after another. We propose that the majority of students in school can give a piece of love!" In the past few days, many human sperm banks have issued sperm donation proposals
The people of Iraq are in urgent need of better health careand their situation is deteriorating by the day. The UN has todayappealed for at least $325 million in emergency funds to meet theimmediate health, nutrition, water and sanitation needs of th
Speeding up what is usually a years long process, the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), GlaxoSmithKline and the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation are making a new meningitis vaccine available toAfrican countries just months after an emerging epidemic of a
The World Health Organization (WHO) has shipped a first batchof 54 new Emergency Health Kits to Ethiopia to strengthen the healthsector response to the severe drought. Today, the kits arrived in AddisAbaba ready for immediate secondary distribution.T
Chinese authorities will be presented with the findings of theWorld Health Organization's (WHO) Commission on Macroeconomics andHealth (CMH) and its implications for Chinese economic and socialreforms. The Commission has found that investments in hea
Former Senator Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of the Nuclear ThreatInitiative, and Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the WorldHealth Organization, today announced the formation of a rapid outbreakresponse fund to strengthen the global response to
As part of a global movement for health the ThailandMinistry of Public Health is organizing the world’s largest healthfestival, The Power of Exercise, in Bangkok from 22-25 November, 2002.The event joins a number of similar national efforts to highli
26 January 2023 marks three years since WHO launched its first OpenWHO.org course on the then-novel coronavirus and started providing accessible, up-to-date and informative health knowledge for a diverse global audience amid the fast-evolving pandemi
From Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination World Leprosy Day falls on the last Sunday in January. It was established by the French journalist Raoul Follereau in 1954 to advocate for those affected by the disease. On January
ThePractical manual on TB laboratory strengtheningwas released today to support implementation of World Health Organization (WHO) recommended TB diagnostics through quality assured TB laboratory services and networks. The document is an update of the
The 8th meeting was held from Tuesday 13th – Thursday 15th December 2022, chaired by Professor Brian Greenwood (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - UK) and Professor Samba Sow (Centre for Vaccine Development - Mali). Some 40 Members and
United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis.Conflict, climate shocks, the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and rising costs of
The decision by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to ban women from working in humanitarian nongovernmental organizations is a major blow for vulnerable communities, for women, for children, and for the entire country. Female staff are key toevery a