The 46th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the ...

This week at WHO headquarters in Geneva, more than 400 young leaders from over 50 countries and all six WHO regions called on ...

FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO call for urgent action as acute hunger is projected to hit more than 30 million, including 4.2 ...

Member States advanced negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) Annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement, ...

Global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) continue to make progress, with fewer people falling ill and dying from the disease, ...

Regulatory action on an acutely toxic pesticide will save thousands of lives and protect brain health worldwideGlobally it is ...

In May, the World Health Assembly established a one-year, Member State-led and WHO-hosted process to reform the global health architecture. A Joint Task Force, co-chaired by China and Germany, is now ...

On 20 October 2026, the National IHR Focal Point (NFP) of France notified WHO regarding the first documented human infection with Shamonda virus (SHAV). The case was an immunocompromised older man ...

In 2020, the World Health Assembly adopted the global roadmap for NTDs, with a target to eliminate at least one NTD in 100 countries, and to reduce the number of people needing interventions for NTDs ...

Over the past few months, I have carried one message to every WHO Regional Committee: let us finish the job. Member States made history when you adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Now we must ...

Since the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD) was declared in May 2026, it has become the largest ...