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January 23, 2024: Ms Saima Wazed was confirmed today as the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the South-East Asia by the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland. Related…

17 January 2024 WHO News release Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved hepatitis B control, the World Health Organization announced today after an expert panel verified that the two countries have…

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…

Background On 12 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access…

“We stand committed to breaking the destructive cycle of climate change and air pollution and its disastrous effects on public health in urban centers” Statement by eight Partnership for Healthy…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing today new data that show a low global rate of taxes being applied to unhealthy products such as alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages…

Today the COP28 Presidency joined with the World Health Organization to announce a new ‘COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate and Health’ (the Declaration) to accelerate actions to protect people’s health…

Historic Focus on Climate Health Impacts The ‘Putting Health at the Center of Climate Agenda’ session of the World Climate Action Summit on 2nd December, combined multiple transformative climate health…

41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health Guiding Principles respond to low- and middle-income countries’ calls to mobilize finance to save…