On 2 October 2026, WHO became aware through media reports of the death of an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute (APRI) of Siberia and the Far East, the Russian Federation. According ...

The 2026 UHC Day campaign launch will give advocates, including civil society and young people, tools and messaging to ...

Last Friday, the 2nd of October, the first media reports emerged of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute in the Russian Federation.

To help host countries and event organizers better anticipate and manage heat-related health risks, WHO is releasing a new ...

Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, ...

This WHO guideline provides practice- and science-informed global clinical and public health recommendations for the ...

Sania grew up in Pakistan and initially understood mental health in the way many people do: as a personal struggle. So, when she experienced depression at the age of 17, her care was structured around ...

Dr. Suerie Moon, James Love, Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Peter Harrison, Margo A Bagley©WHOBringing together ...

Back in June 2026, WHO deployed Paul Benjamin Gbadia (Côte d’Ivoire) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through ...

From 16 June to 16 July 2026, more than 200 researchers and health care practitioners participated in Kazakhstan’s Summer ...

Political leaders meeting at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) renewed their commitment to making the world safer from future pandemics, stressing the need for sustained and more equitable ...

This month, join us for a 90-minute horizon-scanning session where, together, we will explore emerging signals of change that ...