New WHO guidelines: up to 45% of dementia risk could be prevented or delayed
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, providing countries
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Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO
In 2025, 90% of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria,
Read moreEl Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is
Read moreWHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050
<p>Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claims more than 26 000
Read moreWHO adds first diagnostic test for Ebola Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to its Emergency
Read morePatient enrolment begins in a scientific trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease
<p>In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical
Read more655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target
<p>At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people
Read moreWHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection
Read moreWHO issues comprehensive guidelines on filovirus disease, including Ebola and Marburg disease
<p>As the Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, the World
Read moreOpen letter to leaders of G7, G20, BRICS and all nations on finalizing the WHO Pandemic Agreement’s Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex
Dear Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS and of all nations, We write to you together, from Geneva and
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