

World AIDS Day: Everybody counts
"Everybody counts" is the slogan for this year's World AIDS Day. WHO is advocating for access to safe, effective, quality and affordable...


Encounters with plague: tracing and preventing illness
In Madagascar, where a severe plague epidemic has unfolded since August 2017, the number of new infections is finally in decline. WHO is...


Global malaria control at crossroads
After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled, according to the World malaria report 2017. There were an...


1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to...


Madagascar’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response
Madagascar’s unprecedented outbreak of pneumonic plague is slowing down but the response must be sustained, WHO cautioned on Monday...


Making health services a safe place for women: Uganda steps up to support women subjected to violenc
A Training of the Trainers session on strengthening the health sector's response to violence against women in Uganda. Participants learn...


The paradox of migrant women care workers
Migrating in the same numbers as men, many migrant women take on personal care work in informal and home-based settings – often without...


YoungVoicesCount – for the World We Want in 2030
YoungVoicesCount is a community and global conversation led by young people about health and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....


WHO airlifts medical supplies to treat wounded in Islamic Republic of Iran-Iraq earthquake
WHO has airlifted trauma kits and medical supplies to the Islamic Republic of Iran to support the treatment of thousands people injured...


New global commitment to end tuberculosis
Today 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global...
