Suicide: one person dies every 40 seconds
Progress in suicide prevention activities in some countries, but much more is needed The number of countries with national suicide...
Progress in suicide prevention activities in some countries, but much more is needed The number of countries with national suicide...
Health services must integrate a stronger focus on ensuring optimum nutrition at each stage of a person’s life, according to a...
28 August 2019 | STOCKHOLM – The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water today sounded the alarm for an urgent...
“Tomorrow, 1 August, marks one year since the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak...
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of...
Becoming the parent of a new baby is both a life-altering gift and an immense responsibility. This week, as countries...
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have...
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the WHO recommends the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as...
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous...
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the...
Almost a year after the outbreak of Ebola was declared in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and with...
Key facts Immunization prevents illness, disability and death from vaccine-preventable diseases including cervical cancer, diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pertussis...
20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria...
WHO’s Essential Medicines List and List of Essential Diagnostics are core guidance documents that help countries prioritize critical health products...
Today Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General met at WHO Headquarters in...
MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA, 3 JULY 2019 -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever oral vaccination campaign against cholera is scheduled to...
The number of people at risk of trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness – has fallen from...
At least 400 million people worldwide lack access to the most essential health services. By 2035, there will be an...
Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk...
Much of 21st century medicine is still spent battling ancient diseases. Malaria is such an old disease that there are...
The Women Deliver 2019 Conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada from 3-6 June 2019. It will be the world’s...
Every day, there are more than 1 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among people aged 15-49...
Ambassadors are well-known personalities from the worlds of arts, literature, entertainment, sport or other fields of public life who commit...
14 May 2019 – People can reduce their risk of dementia by getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use...
More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one in...
Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep...
WHO welcomes the Government of Malawi’s launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark pilot programme. The...
WHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets...
Where women can access health services, maternal deaths decrease, lengthening women’s life expectancy. In many circumstances, men access health care...
Brazzaville, 20 March 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands...
WHO has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). WHO is recommending shifting to fully oral regimens to...
The World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing has agreed to...
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today visited an Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of the...
Alrededor de 68,5 millones de personas en todo el mundo se encuentran actualmente desplazadas, de las cuales 25,4 millones cruzan...
Maputo/Ginebra 19 de noviembre de 2018. De acuerdo con el nuevo Informe mundial sobre el paludismo 2018, la reducción en el número...
Berlin.- 16 de octubre de 2018 Once jefes de las principales organizaciones sanitarias y desarrollo del mundo han suscrito hoy...
AUGUST 2017 | GENEVA/NEW YORK - No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new...