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Timor-Leste certified malaria-free by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Timor-Leste as malaria-free, a remarkable achievement for a country that prioritized…

July 24, 2025

What You Need to Know from the 78th World Health Assembly (#WHA78)

Overview The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the premier decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), concluded…

May 29, 2025

The State of the World’s Nursing Report 2025

Overview The World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses (ICN), and partners have published the State of…

May 12, 2025

The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly convenes 19-27 May, 2025

The Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78) will take place from 19-27 May in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s…

May 5, 2025

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts. 24 April 2025 | Geneva/New York…

April 24, 2025

WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement

Proposal to be submitted to World Health Assembly in May for consideration. After more than three years of…

April 17, 2025

Statement from Global Health Council on the Mass Termination of USAID and State Department Grants

The decision to terminate thousands of USAID and State Department foreign assistance grants is a tragedy of historic…

March 1, 2025

WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines

The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically-needed childhood cancer…

February 16, 2025

WHO thanks Nepal for its contribution to South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund

New Delhi | 10 February 2025:  The World Health Organization South-East Asia Region today thanked the Ministry of…

February 10, 2025

Twenty Public Health Impacts of the U.S. Stop Work Order

The Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of State, has issued an immediate suspension of all foreign assistance…

February 2, 2025