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WHO Member States agree to share outcomes of historic IHR, pandemic agreement processes to World Health Assembly

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WHO Member States have ended intensive negotiations aimed at strengthening global capacities to respond to future pandemics and outbreaks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and agreed to submit outcomes of their work for consideration by the upcoming World Health Assembly, starting Monday. Two parallel negotiation processes were undertaken to make a series of amendments to the International Health… Read More
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Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life

Global Author
The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industry designs products, implements marketing campaigns and works to shape policy environments to help them addict the world’s youth. This comes just ahead of World No Tobacco Day marked on 31 May, where… Read More
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Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) supports the implementation of WHO’s extended 13th General Programme of Work with flexible funding

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Ahead of the World Health Assembly 77, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed Core Contribution Agreement to support the implementation of the extended 13th WHO Programme of Work. The agreement entails a contribution of $4 million from the State of Qatar to WHO, through QFFD, aimed at enhancing the Organization’s efforts in addressing… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy

Global Author
According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021 – the early years of the global health emergency – life expectancy around the world dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, which is the 2012 level.  Responding to the findings, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the fragility of global health advances when confronted with unprecedented emergencies like the pandemic, which… Read More
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“All for Health, Health for All” sets the stage for the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

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As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a century, the Seventy-seventh session of the World Health Assembly will convene under the banner of “All for Health, Health for All.” Scheduled to run from 27 May to 1 June, with the participation of ministers of health and other high-level country representatives, the Health… Read More
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New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases and malaria

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has released a major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The review of 42 693 articles reveals that there is not yet sufficient understanding of the actual and… Read More
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New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Global Author
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has released a major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The review of 42 693 articles reveals that there is not yet sufficient understanding of the actual and… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Stories from the UN Archive: Magic suitcases for 1960s midwives

Global Author
On the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, marked annually on 23 May, we are taking a look at the important role of midwives and tuning in to UN Radio’s featurette from 1963, The Magic Suitcase, narrated by Hollywood star Jack Benny. The radio and television entertainer joined the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the 1960s to raise awareness about reproductive… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘Critical gaps’ in understanding climate change fuel tropical disease spread

Global Author
The World Health Organization (WHO) study, conducted in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), a global health initiative to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), found that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns are altering the spread of vector-borne diseases, posing significant health risks. As the geographical spread of disease vectors like mosquitoes expand, the risk of introducing or reintroducing… Read More
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New report flags major increase in sexually transmitted infections, amidst challenges in HIV and hepatitis

Global Author
Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report – Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030. New data show that STIs are increasing in many regions. In 2022, WHO Member States… Read More