World leaders have pledged an additional 170 million dollars to the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a high-level pledging event at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. In a statement issued by WHO on Wednesday, the contributions were made in support of WHO’s ongoing Investment Round (IR), aimed at addressing rising global health challenges….
The World Health Organisation (WHO) opened its Annual Assembly in Geneva on Monday, with a key focus on the formal adoption of a long-anticipated ‘International Pandemic Treaty’. Developed at record speed in response to lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the agreement aimed to prevent the kind of chaos seen in the global scramble for…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is forced to reduce the number of employees due to a lack of money, and the number of departments will be reduced from 76 to 34. The Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said this on Monday. “As you know, we have been engaging in a major structural realignment, guided by an…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the global nursing workforce has increased, growing from 27.9 million in 2018 to 29.8 million in 2023. However, WHO also raised concerns about significant disparities in the availability of nurses across different regions. In a statement released on Monday, WHO highlighted the findings from its State of…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its significant related health complications. In a statement on Wednesday, the world health body said it was in a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15 to 19-year-old girls. It said that among other strategies,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled new guidance to help countries reform and strengthen their mental health policies and systems. In a statement released on Wednesday, WHO highlighted that mental health services worldwide remain underfunded, with significant gaps in both access and quality of care. The statement noted that, in some countries, up to…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called on countries to take “urgent and decisive action” to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific said in its press release on World TB Day, falling on March 24 every year. “This is especially urgent in the WHO Western Pacific region,…
As the world marks World Oral Health Day, the Acting WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has called for greater commitment to tackling oral diseases in the region. With oral health often overlooked, he emphasised its crucial role in overall well-being and the urgent need for stronger policies and interventions. World Oral Health…
The U.S. freeze on aid has left the World Health Organisation (WHO) without 46 million dollars to evacuate seriously ill patients from Gaza and rebuild damaged hospitals in the coastal strip A representative of the organisation said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters via video link from the Gaza Strip, Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO coordinator for…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have launched the distribution of essential childhood cancer medicines in two of the six pilot countries under the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines. In a statement on Tuesday, the WHO revealed that medicines are currently being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan,…
