The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre is launching a series of working papers designed to document and examine ...

Since the publication of the previous Disease Outbreak News on 8 October 2026, the Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak ...

How do noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors vary across population groups within countries, and what can governments do to ensure that no one is left behind? As countries work ...

The Regional Working Group (RWG) meeting was convened to translate recommendations of the Seventeenth Meeting of the WHO ...

WHO Expert Committee meetings are closed to the public. However, a public information meeting will be held so that individuals and entities external to WHO may listen to an update on current and ...

Dr Ahmed Alosi; Dr Thekra Mohamed; Dr Geetha Krishnan G. Pillai.©WHOAt the Al Shifaa Summit for Integrative Medicine in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) set out four national commitments ...

As extreme heat intensifies around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched the ...

WHO has published new Guidance on evidence generation (GEG) for new tuberculosis diagnostics. This guidance informs researchers, developers, funders and other stakeholders about how evidence should be ...

As the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme heat events increase, pregnant and postpartum women, newborns and children face growing risks to their health and well-being. Yet important gaps ...

Background and purposeThe International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA) is a flagship global regulatory forum co-convened by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since its inception ...

The State of inequality: noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors report published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a global assessment of inequalities in noncommunicable ...

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2026, Ghana brought together the Mental Health Authority, the World Health Organization ...