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WHO issues first global guidelines on child and adolescent obesity

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and heal...

WHO releases new guidance to prevent heat-related illness at mass gatherings

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme said that extreme heat was an increasing threat to health, safety and operational continuity in mass gathe...

Africa: WHO Pandemic Hub Sets Ambitious Goal to Detect New Outbreaks Within 24 Hours

[Nigeria Health Watch] The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new five-year strategy for its Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, charting a path towards a world whe...

WHO, FAO Support Cross-Sector Food Safety Emergency Response in Africa, Middle East

WHO and FAO convened 352 participants from more than 40 countries to strengthen multisectoral food safety emergency response planning in Africa and the Middle East, covering emerge...

El Nino puts India on high health-risk radar, says WHO

FAO puts focus on Cyclospora prevention

Plus: Regional event to practice food safety emergency response

Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says

People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO...

China nominates health official Song Li to lead WHO

Other candidates for the WHO head position who have been announced include Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al-Kuwari of Qatar, Dr. Hanan Balkhy of Saudi Arabia and Dr. Hans Kluge of Belgium.

Meet the Candidates Vying to Succeed Tedros as Head of the W.H.O.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has formally accepted four candidates seeking to serve as its director-general as of Thursday, one of whom will succeed incumbent Tedros Adha...

WHO and ENHYPEN join efforts to inspire young blood donors globally

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with global K-pop powerhouse ENHYPEN in Seoul on 22 October to celebrate the success of their col...

Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says

People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO...

Ukrainian Groups Urge WHO to Act on Torture of Captives by Russian Medical Staff

BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) - More than 60 Ukrainian organisations have issued an appeal to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stop the torture of Ukrainians held in Russ...

U.S. among countries to back regional food safety strategy

Health representatives from the Americas have approved an updated strategy to improve food safety systems and reduce foodborne diseases.Foodborne infections cause about 78,000 deat...

WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents

The World Health Organization (WHO) is strengthening Ebola preparedness amid conflict and displacement affecting millions of lives in a region that spans parts of Africa, Asia and...

Western Pacific nations practice food safety response

Countries in the Western Pacific have taken part in an annual event to test their readiness for cross-border food safety emergencies.Exercise Crystal simulated a scenario in which...

WHO experts recommend HPV shot for girls aged 4–8

The World Health Organization's vaccine experts recommended Tuesday that countries consider routine vaccination against HPV in girls as young as 4, provided it helps improve laggin...

WHO in contact with Russia over situation in Irkutsk Region

Spokesman Christian Lindmeier said that WHO experts and Russian health authorities were collaborating to verify the event and its circumstances

World Health Organization Says No Sign of Plague Spreading in Russia

The World Health Organization says it has seen no evidence that plague is spreading after a suspected laboratory incident in Siberia, even as the agency presses Moscow for clearer...

WHO issues update on investigation into Russian plague lab worker’s death

The World Health Organisation says no case of plague has been registered

Malaysia calls for WHO-led pooled medicine purchasing amid supply risks

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysia has proposed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPRO...

Singapore expands role of WHO collaborating center

A partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Singapore has been expanded to include risk assessment.Singapore Food Agency’s (SFA) National Centre for Food Science...

WHO Europe Summer School 2027 in France: Free Public Health Training on Systems Thinking, NCD Prevention and Healthy Age...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe is inviting applications for its 2027 Summer School on Systems Thinking and Innovation for the Prevention of Noncommu...

Tanzania Supports WHO Reform Agenda

[Daily News] Ethiopia -- TANZANIA has supported ongoing efforts to strengthen the World Health Organisation (WHO) through reforms of the global health architecture, while stressing...

World Health Organization Says No Sign of Plague Spreading in Russia

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that his agency has seen no evidence of plague spreading after a suspected lab leak i...