The 46th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the ...
FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO call for urgent action as acute hunger is projected to hit more than 30 million, including 4.2 ...
This week at WHO headquarters in Geneva, more than 400 young leaders from over 50 countries and all six WHO regions called on ...
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 estimated 1 in 5 suicides are attributable to the ingestion of acutely ...
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 ...
Opinion
WHO Director-General's remarks at the Ministerial Roundtable at COP31 Health Day – 9 November 2026
Thank you, Minister Memişoğlu, and thank you, President Kurum. I thank Türkiye for opening COP31 with a Health Day, and for putting health at the heart of an Implementation COP. Everyone in this room ...
Since the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD) was declared in May 2026, it has become the largest ...
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 ...
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 ...
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