Category: Health

“The ongoing conflict and displacement, in addition to fragile health infrastructure and limited access to affected populations, pose a risk of mass disease transmission,” the UN health agency said in a report issued Tuesday, urging immediate support to sustain surveillance, bolster outbreak response and preserve lifesaving health services. Since civil war erupted in April 2023, 14.5 […]

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The research, led by the UN World Health Organization’s centre for cancer research, pooled data from nearly 2.5 million people across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. It revealed a “modest but significant” association between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, regardless of sex or smoking status. “Alcohol consumption is a known […]

But this is not universal. Many people worldwide struggle – unable to walk into clinics or explain their symptoms: “[These patients] do not line up on waiting lists. They wait, unknowingly, for inside understanding and the courage to seek care,” said Dr. Merete Nordentoft of Denmark, describing the patients with whom she has worked most […]

16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the fistula repaired. In recognition of the over 500,000 women like Dah who are forced to endure what is a highly treatable condition, the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is being […]

As of April 27, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a cumulative total of 157,035 cholera cases and 2,148 deaths across 26 countries in three regions: Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean, and South-East Asia. This marks a 5% increase in new cases compared to March, with 37,147 new cases and 561 deaths recorded in […]

Geneva, Switzerland – At a high-level pledging event held on Tuesday during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, global leaders committed at least an additional US$170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO). This significant contribution, directed to WHO’s Investment Round (IR), comes at a time when rising global health challenges make robust multilateral […]

The effects of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt. Around seven million people died, health systems were overwhelmed, and the global economy was practically driven to a standstill. The global turmoil prompted a stunned international community to pursue an agreement aimed at preventing such a catastrophic event from happening again – and ensuring […]

19 May 2025 – Geneva: Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO), meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, have approved a landmark resolution endorsing the adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement — a groundbreaking global accord aimed at strengthening the world’s defenses against future pandemics. The resolution will now move […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, urged Member States to remain focused on shared goals even amid global instability. “We are here to serve not our own interests, but the eight billion people of our world,” he said in his keynote address at the Palais des Nations. “To leave a heritage for […]