

Global tuberculosis report 2022
Overview The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress...


How Will Lack of Exercise Affect Global Health in the 2020s?
A report recently published by the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that, as a result of physical inactivity, almost 500 million...


All the Metals We Mined in 2021 in One Visualization
“If you can’t grow it, you have to mine it” is a famous saying that encapsulates the importance of minerals and metals in the modern...


Inflation and uncertainty
Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several...


Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet – how close are they?
Tipping points in the climate become more likely beyond 1.5°C of warming. Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate...


Mapped: The 3 Billion People Who Can’t Afford a Healthy Diet
The 3 Billion People Who Can’t Afford a Healthy Diet While they aren’t often the focus of news media, hunger and undernourishment are...


Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control
Overview The WHO global report on infection prevention and control (IPC) provides a global situation analysis of how IPC programmes are...


Chronic Disease Focus of New Strategy
By Paul Adepoju 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa Ministers and government officials took on noncommunicable diseases, sickle cell...


First African Manufactured Medicine to Prevent Malaria in Pregnant Women and Infants Quality-Approve
By Raisa Santos Pregnant women and children remain one of the groups at highest risk of complications from malaria infection. Kenyan...


Africa CDC has Strong WHO Support; ‘Urgent Paradigm Shift’ Needed to Prioritize Prevention – Tedros
By Paul Adepoju & John Heilprin WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the 72nd session of the Regional...