UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficien...
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UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the impro...
1d ago

WHO marks 25 years of Research4Life, advancing access to scientific knowledge in more than 120 countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) today marks the 25th anniversary of Research4Life, a public-private partnership that...
1d ago

Road deaths fall by 21% globally but stronger action is needed to save lives

Despite the addition of more than one billion motor-vehicles to the world’s roads, the global rate of road traffic...
3d ago

WHO Member States continue negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex

WHO Member States have advanced negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) annex, a central componen...
6d ago

New WHO guidelines: up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and deme...
Jul 15

Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO

In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetan...
Jul 13

El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. ...
Jul 8

WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050

Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claims more than 26 000 l...
Jul 2

WHO adds first diagnostic test for Ebola Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to ...
Jul 2

Patient enrolment begins in a scientific trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease

In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PA...
Jun 24

655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target

At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people glo...
Jun 23

WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects

The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting...
Jun 17

WHO issues comprehensive guidelines on filovirus disease, including Ebola and Marburg disease

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, the World ...
Jun 15

Open letter to leaders of G7, G20, BRICS and all nations on finalizing the WHO Pandemic Agreement’s Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex

Dear Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS and of all nations,We write to you together, from Geneva and from Brasília...
Jun 12

Safe blood supply improves as voluntary donations exceed 85%, but many people still lack access

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show sustained progress towards safer blood supplies globally but also...
Jun 5

Africa CDC and WHO launch joint continental Ebola response plan

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launche...
Jun 4

Unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually, young children at highest risk

Children aged less than five years face almost three times the risk of illness from unsafe food than older children and ...
May 31

Joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirm their stro...
May 29

WHO urges governments to protect young people from addiction to tobacco and nicotine products

Worldwide, at least 40 million children aged 13–15 use tobacco products, and young people’s use of e-cigarettes and ...
May 28

Experts convened by WHO advise on candidate treatments and vaccines for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus

In response to the current outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus occurring in the Democratic Republic of ...
May 28

Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

To the people of DRC, especially to the people of Ituri Jambo kwenu wakahaji wa Ituri Mbote na bino, bato ya I...
May 23

Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2026

Summary of discussions of 23 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....
May 22

Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2026

Summary of discussions of 22 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....
May 22

First meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda 2026 – Temporary recommendations

The Committee’s advice aligned with the determination by the WHO Director-General that the event constitutes a public ...
May 21

Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2026

Summary of discussions of 21 May at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly....