Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
7 Mar
Government, institutions, donors and partners have announced a new commitment with nearly $600 million in new funding to expand vaccine coverage of human papillomaviruses (HPV), increase screening and treatment programmes and, ultimately, eliminate cervical cancer.
1 Oct
One of the major resolutions of the just concluded 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, is historic commitment shown by global leaders to strengthen international cooperation, coordination, governance and investment needed to prevent a repeat of the devastating health and socioeconomic impact caused by COVID-19, make the world better prepared…
29 Aug 2023
African health ministers and government representatives, yesterday, opened the 73rd session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa to discuss and agree on measures for addressing health challenges and promoting good health and well-being.
11 Aug 2023
Ahead of African Traditional Medicine Day (ATMD) on August 31, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on August 17 and 18, 2023 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
28 Jul 2023
World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned that cancer treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children diagnosed with the disease in Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries, severely limiting their chances of survival. Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at his weekly press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, said only a…
21 May 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics.