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19 August 2020: The World Health Assembly has adopted the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. Cervical cancer is a preventable and …

Providing life-saving support during the pandemic World Humanitarian Day (WHD) was designated in memory of the 19 August 2003 bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 22 …

COVID-19 Emergency Committee highlights need for response efforts over long term

Statement on the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

World Breastfeeding Week 2020 (#WBW2020) will highlights the links between breastfeeding and planetary health

WHO Director-General announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maldives and Sri Lanka were today verified for having eliminated rubella, making them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of …

WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir treatment arms for COVID-19 4 July 2020  News release The World Health Organization (WHO) accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to …

WHO welcomes preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients 16 June 2020  News release The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the initial clinical trial results from …

Dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomised clinical trial …