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More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
World leaders and experts call for significant reduction in use of antimicrobial drugs in global food systems
Calling catholic bishops to join movement for cervical cancer elimination in Nigeria
Statement of Twenty-Ninth Polio IHR Emergency Committee
Statement by Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan
New WHO Publication: Infodemic Signal Detection During Covid Pandemic
Social Listening: Finding Signal Through Noise
Statement from Unitaid and World Health Organization regarding availability of tocilizumab
ACT-Accelerator launches urgent US$ 7.7 billion appeal to stem surge of dangerous variants and save lives everywhere
Neglected tropical diseases: enhancing safe treatment for more than 1 billion people annually
WHO Statement on advancing next series of studies to find origins of SARS-CoV-2
Quality data crucial for improving adolescents’ health and well-being in countries across world
WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial enters new phase with three new candidate drugs
WHO, Facebook and Praekelt.Org provide critical mobile access to Covid information for vulnerable communities
Target product profile for next-generation TB drug-susceptibility testing at peripheral sites
Interim statement on dose-sparing strategies for Covid vaccines
Interim statement on Covid vaccine booster doses
Interim statement on heterologous priming for Covid vaccines
Fraudulent “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize” scam, falsely alleges association with WHO and others
Study to prevent deaths from opioid overdose shows promising results
Public notice and comment on new Global Validation Advisory Committee members 4 August
Statement on occasion of World Breastfeeding Week
Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021
New consortium working to boost vaccine production in South Africa
Visceral leishmaniasis elimination: India gears-up to overcome last-mile challenges
New advocacy brief highlights serious consequences of social isolation and loneliness on health of older people
Sustainably financed, standardized global monitoring and evaluation – critical to achieve 2030 road map targets
Elevating political leadership for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Meeting with UN General Assembly
HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Rt Hon. Helen Clark brief Member States at UN General Assembly on pandemic response
Raising awareness of misinformation among children in Poland
“Hepatitis can’t wait” – WHO commemorates World Hepatitis Day 2021
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for Pre-Summit of UN
WHO launches updated manual to ensure high quality testing of human semen in clinical and research settings
WHO reports progress in fight against tobacco epidemic
WHO and Angry Birds Friends encourage communities to stay active during Covid
Statement on Vaccine Safety Covid subcommittee on reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following adenovirus vector Covid vaccines
Governments commit to accelerate action to improve access to eye care services
Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery
New report reveals stark inequalities in access to HIV prevention and treatment services for children-partners call for urgent
Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers
WHO Position Statement on Innovative Clinical Trial Designs for Development of New TB Treatments
WFP and WHO launch innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities
Persons with disabilities tell their stories
Germany reinforces its commitment to support WHO’s work
WHO publishes new Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring
WHO encourages manufacturers to develop quality assured formulations of game-changing drug rifapentine
Launch WHO guidelines for management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections
WHO releases first guidelines on hepatitis C virus self-testing