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Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage 2023

21 September 2023 “Universal Health coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world” World…

September 22, 2023

Universal Access to Reliable Healthcare Information: A Global Stakeholder Consultation

Help shape the future of health care worldwide! Healthcare Information For All (HIFA.org) and the World Health Organization…

September 6, 2023

WHO South-East Asia Region commits to further enhance efforts to end TB, adopt Gandhinagar Declaration

The WHO South-East Asia Region, that bears a disproportionate burden of nearly half of the global TB cases…

August 17, 2023

Call for experts – Technical Advisory Group on embedding ethics in health and climate change policy

The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Technical advisory group on…

August 13, 2023

WHO convenes first high-level global summit on traditional medicine to explore evidence base, opportunities to accelerate health for all

10 August 2023 News release (WHO) The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and…

August 10, 2023

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director and WHO Director-General on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

Statement by Catherine Russell and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 1 August 2023, Joint News Release, Geneva/New York In…

August 7, 2023

World Hepatitis Day: Accelerate hepatitis testing and treatment

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia To mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO is…

July 28, 2023

WHO launches “One life, one liver” campaign on World Hepatitis Day

Geneva, 28 July: To mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO is calling for scaling up testing and treatment for viral…

July 28, 2023

WHO urges countries to invest in drowning prevention to protect children

On World Drowning Prevention Day this year, WHO is releasing an investment case on drowning prevention showing how just two…

July 25, 2023

New WHO guidance on HIV viral suppression and scientific updates released at IAS 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new scientific and normative guidance on HIV at the 12th International IAS (the…

July 23, 2023