On 15 January 2022, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX.Together with our partners, COVAX is…
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<p><img src="https://www.who.int/images/default-source/environmental-health/who-photo-dr-tedros-and-us-epa-mou-sign-11jan2022.tmb-340v.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=c635b605_1" style="float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;" class="-align-left" alt="" sf-size="1365573" />This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organization (WHO) signed a five-year <a href="https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/environment-climate-change-and-health/who-epa-mou-2022_final.pdf?sfvrsn=c24b697_5" target="_blank">Memorandum…
The tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic took…
Key messages: WHO has established the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) to review and assess the public health implications of emerging SARS-CoV-2…
WHO has recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet more options for treating the disease. The extent to which these medicines will save lives…
<div><p><strong style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">From Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination </strong><em style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"> </em><br /></p></div><p></p><p>The social and economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus…
On 16 December 2021 the Government of Belgium and WHO signed a new €8 million multiyear contribution agreement for the period 2021-2025, to support increasing…
The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held high-level consultations with Gavi and UNICEF on…
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is a fully open-access journal of public health with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. In November 2021 (Volume 99(11); 2021…
Today, the World Health Organization issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine,…