WHO calls for mental health, trauma care and rehabilitation in Ukraine as war with Russia hits 3rd year
The WHO called for more mental health care and trauma care in Ukraine on Monday, which marks the third year of defending against Russia's invasion.
Saudi Arabia confirms $500 million commitment to polio eradication effort, WHO says
Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
WHO Calls for Tobacco-Style Cancer Warning Labels on Alcoholic Drinks Across Europe
The World Health Organization released new findings on Friday about an "alarming" lack of awareness about alcohol's link to cancer across Europe and called for clear and prominent tobacco-style warnings in the region with the world's heaviest drinkers.
Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO
Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid from the US, says the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). US President Donald Trump has taken steps to close the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
WHO says polio mass vaccination campaign to resume in Gaza
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a mass campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza would resume on Saturday, with over half a million children targeted.
WHO Releases $2 Million to Support Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Response
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was releasing an additional $2 million to support Uganda's response to its Ebola outbreak, which has killed one person and infected at least eight others.
WHO reports hundreds of millions of children across the globe qualified as overweight or obese in 2022
The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of millions of children across the globe qualified as overweight or obese in 2022.
WHO says UAE reports first case of new clade 1b mpox
World Health Organization said on Thursday that United Arab Emirates has reported its first detection of Clade 1b mpox in the country.
US Actions Have Serious Impact on Global Health, WHO Chief Says
The United States' pause on foreign aid contributions has a serious impact on global health, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on a virtual press conference on Wednesday. Ghebreyesus urged the U.
'History will not forgive' failure to seal pandemic deal: WHO chief
The head of the UN's health agency warned Friday that history would not forgive countries if they failed to strike a pandemic treaty at the last hurdle
U.S. hasn't sent essential seasonal flu data to WHO ahead of key vaccine meeting
Seasonal flu vaccines need to be updated each year because the virus changes so frequently. But the U.S. hasn't contributed its information on what's spreading there since January, a World Health Organization official says.
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What’s next for the World Health Organization? US exit could reshape agency
Few health-policy experts were surprised when US President Donald Trump last month announced that he would pull the United States out of the World Health Organization (WHO). Nor were many shocked when,