To treat people for noncommunicable diseases during humanitarian crises, WHO has developed and started delivering kits of medicines and...

At current trends, 30 million newborns will die within first 28 days of life between 2017 and 2030 Every day in 2016, 15 000 children...

The Government of Nigeria has launched a campaign to immunize 873 837 people against yellow fever in the states of Kwara and Kogi. The...

World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022 The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced today the establishment of a new...

A massive cholera immunization campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host...

During our adult lives, a large proportion of our time is spent at work. Our experience in the workplace is one of the factors...

Cholera kills an estimated 95000 people and affects 2.9 million more every year. Urgent action is needed to protect communities, prevent...

On the International Day of the Older Person – 1 October – WHO calls for a new approach to providing health services for older people....

WHO is supporting efforts in Manila to step up prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, the world’s number one...