Interim statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) has reviewed reports of rare cases of…
WHO launches Progress Indicators to measure access to assistive technology
Today, 1 billion people globally need assistive technology to lead healthy, productive and dignified lives but only 1 in 10…
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
The COVAX Facility has now delivered life-saving vaccines to over 100 economies since making its first international delivery to Ghana…
CanSino coronavirus vaccine: Age limit for single-dose jab changed in Islamabad
The age limit for a single-dose jab of the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by China’s CanSino Biologics Inc, or CanSinoBIO, has…
Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty
25 heads of government and international agencies come together in extraordinary joint call New treaty would signal high-level political action…
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, has appointed Mr Carl Bildt as WHO Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19…
New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative…
new toolkit helps older adults maintain good mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The “Living with the Times” toolkit contains illustrated posters with key messages for older adults on how to maintain their…
Introducing the WHO technical package on quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings
The World Health Organization is calling for action to address quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable (FCV) settings,…
WHO validates Cote d’Ivoire for eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Côte d’Ivoire has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping sickness”, as a public health problem, becoming the…