WHO has launched new guidance on the role tobacco product regulation can play to reduce tobacco demand, save lives and raise revenues for...

Today, for International Women's Day, we imagine a world where every woman and girl has access to quality and affordable health care, a...

Surgical site infections (SSI) are the most frequent type of infection acquired during health care delivery in developing countries....

A wave of cold weather hitting Europe this week poses health risks, particularly to people in vulnerable situations, WHO/Europe experts...

Nour and his family fled their home in a besieged area last year, arriving in Damascus with almost nothing, after living through a...

When Eigil Rosegar Poulsen first heard about the controversy over the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination in Denmark, he became quite...

Nurses and midwives make up half of the health workforce. They have a a critical role to play in helping achieve universal health...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have renewed a memorandum of understanding...

Measles has rebounded in the WHO European Region. The disease affected 21 315 people and caused 35 deaths in 2017, following a record low...

WHO is announcing today a new high-level commission, comprised of heads of state and ministers, leaders in health and development and...