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The World Health Organization today felicitated Bhutan for achieving interim targets for cervical cancer elimination; India for eliminating trachoma; Timor-Leste for eliminating lymphatic filariasis; Maldives and Sri Lanka for Hepatitis…

WHO launched a Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. It is the first Charter to outline patients’ rights in the context of safety, and…

Kathmandu / New Delhi | February 14, 2024: The World Health Organization congratulates Nepal for restricting levels of industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the food supply through a legislation, a …

Here are the top 40 global health highlights from 2023, compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Read full story: World Health Organization

In a pivotal move towards addressing one of the world’s most underrecognized health challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the inclusion of noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) in…

In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health…

Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems 9 November 2023 – Responding to rapidly changing climate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new Operational framework for…

The Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region committed to prioritize investment in primary health care to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage. “Prioritizing investments to strengthen primary health care,…

Astana, Kazakhstan, 24 October 2023 In marking the 45th anniversary of the historic Declaration of Alma-Ata, the WHO Regional Office for Europe calls on Member States to reframe and invest…

10 August 2023 News release (WHO) The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 August 2023​ in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Co-hosted by the Government of…