One year later – WHO Director-General’s new year message
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General As people around the world celebrated New Year’s Eve 12 months ago, a…
Mobilizing youth to End TB
Since the global youth movement, 1+1 youth Initiative was launched on World TB Day 2019, followed by the adoption of the…
COVAX ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DEALS TO ACCESS PROMISING COVID-19 VACCINE CANDIDATES; PLANS GLOBAL ROLLOUT STARTING Q1 2021
COVAX now has agreements in place to access nearly two billion doses of several promising vaccine candidates, and laid the…
WHO launches Baseline report for Decade of Healthy Ageing
17 December 2020 – At least 14% of all people aged 60 years and over ̶- more than 142 million…
Launch of the Tripartite Joint Risk Assessment Operational Tool
We are pleased to announce that a new Tripartite operational tool is available to support countries in the implementation of joint risk assessments for zoonoses, complementing…
New PSA campaign from WHO and YouTube is a playbook for a safe holiday season
The World Health Organization and YouTube have partnered on an inviting and humorous public service announcement (PSA) to help battle COVID-19 fatigue…
Ensuring continuity of TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential health services and…
WHO and Sanofi renew decades-long collaboration to sustain elimination efforts
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Sanofi – one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies – have signed a new…
continued political support, new tools and measures are needed to sustain progress
A report on onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) shows continued global progress towards achieving interruption of transmission of the…
World’s largest youth organizations, representing 250 million members, and WHO launch global mobilization to respond to disruptive impacts of COVID-19 on young people
Funding for community programmes, engaging youth in solutions to address COVID-19, and convening Global Youth Summit are key features of…