Public Health Update

The First Global Health Literacy Summit 2020, Kaohsiung, Taiwan The first Global Health Literacy Summit is the first largest and most diverse global gathering on health literacy. Organized by the …

World Obesity Day: The Roots of Obesity Run Deep World Obesity Day is marked globally on 4 March. World Obesity Day (WOD) was launched in 2015 as an initiative of the World …

Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO …

Strengthen health systems to prevent, detect and treat birth defects 3 March 2020  Statement  India By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Concerted action is needed …

World Hearing Day 2020! Hearing for life: don’t let hearing loss limit you On World Hearing Day 2020, WHO highlights that timely and effective interventions can ensure that people with …

WHO launches a digital version of its Model list of Essential Medicines (EML) The World Health Organization has launched a new easy-to-access, digital version of its Model list of Essential Medicines …

WHO announces forthcoming changes for the programmatic management of TB preventive treatment

Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19 In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public …