Today, WHO launches the Health Inequality Data Repository, the world’s most comprehensive collection of publicly available disaggregated data and evidence… Read More »WHO publishes the world’s largest collection of data on health inequality
Inauguration of the facilities of the mRNA Technology Center in Afrigen, South Africa. Partners meet in Cape Town to discuss… Read More »The mRNA Technology Transfer Program advances to the next phase of its development
Winners of the Alliance for Healthy Cities award include Montevideo, Uruguay, for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety;… Read More »Five Cities Recognized for Their Public Health Achievements at the Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
This week, governments scrutinized more than a third of more than 300 proposed amendments to the 2005 WHO International Health… Read More »Governments hold third round of discussions on proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better… Read More »Statement on Updated Working Definitions and WHO Tracking System for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Variants of Interest
On March 12, 2023, WHO became aware of new SARS-CoV-2 sequences and associated metagenomic data for samples collected from the… Read More »SAGO Statement on SARS-CoV-2 metagenomic data recently released by China CDC on GISAID
The Executive Board of WHO, which is currently celebrating its 152ndNorth Dakota meeting in Geneva, has appointed Dr. Jarbas Barbosa… Read More »Dr. Jarbas Barbosa elected as WHO Regional Director for the Americas
As the historic United Nations Conference on Water begins today, the first in almost 50 years, the World Health Organization… Read More »Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) announces the expanded scope of the initiative of… Read More »WHO steps up DG’s flagship initiative to fight tuberculosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for achieving the elimination of malaria in their territories. The… Read More »WHO certifies Azerbaijan and Tajikistan free of malaria