WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus alerts US funding cuts threaten global health response
Feb 14, 2025, at 10:14 am
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, warning they pose a direct threat to public health efforts worldwide.
WHO confirms deadly outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus
Jan 31, 2025, at 09:54 am
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family.
WHO asks China to share data five years after COVID-19
Jan 01, 2025, at 09:22 am
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence.
WHO says over 1 in 5 adults worldwide has a genital herpes infection
Dec 11, 2024, at 02:59 pm
Around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes infections – more than 1 in 5 of this age-group globally – according to new estimates released by WHO on Wednesday.
More than 260 million people in USA will be either obese or overweight by 2050: Study
Nov 15, 2024, at 09:31 pm
A new study estimates that over 260 million people in the USA will be either obese or overweight by 2050.
WHO's new study lists 17 pathogens as top priorities for developing new vaccine
Nov 06, 2024, at 03:42 pm
The World Health Organization has listed 17 pathogens as a priority to develop a new vaccine.
Pakistan's Lahore has become world's most polluted city with an AQI of 1900 on Sunday
Nov 05, 2024, at 06:16 am
Not Delhi but Pakistan's Lahore has become the world's most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 1,900 on Sunday, which is its highest ever, media reports said.
Mpox: WHO and partners activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the first time over outbreak
Oct 30, 2024, at 10:31 pm
In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing mpox outbreaks.
New WHO report shows TB has overtaken COVID-19 as leading infectious disease killer in 2023
Oct 30, 2024, at 07:54 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 – the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995.
Oct 25, 2024, at 03:35 am
Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in new report.
WHO expands digital health certification for Hajj pilgrims
Oct 22, 2024, at 08:36 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new milestone digital health collaboration recently to expand the Hajj health card initiative to support the roughly 3 million pilgrims who undertake the holy pilgrimage every year.
India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem in 2024, declares WHO
Oct 09, 2024, at 02:35 pm
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem becoming the third country in the South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone.
Mpox outbreak: WHO approves first diagnostic test for emergency use
Oct 05, 2024, at 02:38 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.
Mpox: WHO prequalifies first vaccine
Sep 13, 2024, at 11:07 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list.
Israel-Palestine conflict: WHO alerts over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza
Sep 13, 2024, at 04:35 pm
More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s offensive began – have life-changing injuries, requiring rehabilitation services “now and for years to come”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
WHO data shows 2023 witnessed 71 per cent spike in cholera deaths
Sep 05, 2024, at 06:44 am
The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.
WHO issues first guidance aiming to carb ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
Sep 04, 2024, at 04:50 am
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.
Mpox: WHO seeks $135 million to defeat current outbreak
Aug 24, 2024, at 02:31 pm
The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Friday, announcing an action plan that calls for $135 million over the next six months.
Centre alerts airports, borders amid global mpox cases' spike
Aug 20, 2024, at 06:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has directed authorities at airports, ports, and land borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan to remain alert about incoming international passengers who show symptoms of monkeypox (mpox) amid the widespread outbreak of the virus globally, media reports said.
After Sweden, Pakistan reports three cases of deadly Mpox virus, patients came from UAE
Aug 16, 2024, at 07:06 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Officials of the health department in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province reported on Friday (Aug 16) that it had detected three cases of the monkeypox (Mpox) virus.
Sweden reords first mpox case,WHO backs African efforts to combat disease
Aug 16, 2024, at 02:26 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb mpox, which is now an international global health emergency.
WHO warns COVID-19 is making worrying comeback amid summer surge
Aug 07, 2024, at 03:15 pm
COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
WHO to soon send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
Jul 27, 2024, at 11:38 pm
The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio vaccines to Gaza after the discovery of the highly infectious disease in sewage samples.
Europe tops the charts for alcohol consumption, WHO calls for urgent action to curb trend
Jul 26, 2024, at 02:27 pm
It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organization (WHO) report has found that nothing has changed in the continent’s drinking habits. Despite the health risks, Europeans consume an average of 9.2 litres of pure alcohol a year - making them the world’s biggest drinkers.
Sudan: 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher where supplies running out, warns WHO
Jul 17, 2024, at 11:18 pm
Hunger and fear of famine stalk Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people still remain trapped in the North Darfur capital El Fasher without enough food, water or medical support, the World Health Organization, WHO, said on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2024, at 07:14 am
New Delhi: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed as the Principle Advisor at the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme on a pro bono basis, a government statement said.
Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats, says WHO
Jun 25, 2024, at 07:12 pm
A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion people, or 46 per cent of the world’s population, according to a milestone report published by the UN World Health Organization on Monday.
World Health Organization announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024
Jun 21, 2024, at 11:20 pm
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year.
WHO report suggest record spike in sexually transmitted infections
May 22, 2024, at 02:29 pm
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis are on the rise in most regions of the world, UN health agency WHO said in a new report on Tuesday.
WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria which is threatening human health
May 18, 2024, at 11:30 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and medium categories for prioritization.