<p>World Health Organization teams have undertaken high-risk missions to deliver supplies, with partners, to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza witnessing intense hostilities in their…
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<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement in global health. With this announcement, Cabo Verde…
<p>WHO has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its <a href="https://extranet.who.int/prequal/vaccines/prequalified-vaccines">list of prequalified vaccines</a>. In October 2023, <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/02-10-2023-who-recommends-r21-matrix-m-vaccine-for-malaria-prevention-in-updated-advice-on-immunization">WHO recommended its use</a> for the prevention of…
<p>Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely among children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and older people.…
The Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), a new initiative to strengthen South-South health cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean, was launched…
<ul><li>COVAX will close 31 December 2023 having delivered nearly<a href="https://www.gavi.org/news/document-library/covax-data-brief-27"> </a> <a href="https://www.gavi.org/news/document-library/covax-data-brief-27" target="_blank">2 billion</a> doses of vaccines to 146 economies, and <a href="https://www.gavi.org/news-resources/knowledge-products/preliminary-assessment-covaxs-impact-lower-income-countries"><strong></strong></a> <a…
Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar welcomed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, to Dublin today, to discuss strengthening the partnership between Ireland and the…
<p>In a pivotal move towards addressing one of the world’s most underrecognized health challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the inclusion of noma…
WHO staff participated in a joint UN mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December to deliver health supplies and assess the situation…
<p>The annual number of road traffic deaths fell slightly to 1.19 million per year, according to the latest WHO report. Yet with more than 2…