Agencies call for joint effort to safely deliver routine immunization and proceed with vaccination campaigns against deadly vaccine-preventable diseases. GENEVA/NEW YORK, 22 May 2020 – COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world,…
Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis 13 May 2020–The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental health conditions…
Tehran, 3 May 2020 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered additional medicines to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its participation in the Solidarity Trial, a global effort to find an effective treatment…
Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 April 2020 : Statement to Diplomatic Missions located in Denmark on COVID-19 by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe on 28th April 2020 Good morning your Excellencies and…
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director calls for protection of health workers in face of the advancing COVID19 pandemic in the region of the Americas
WHO, UNICEF calls for countries to provide free public hand hygiene stations. Gaps in essential care can result in many more deaths than the coronavirus itself. Geneva 2 April 2020 : WHO, UNICEF and the…
WHO, FIFA launch joint campaign to equip football community to tackle COVID-19 Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the…
New Delhi 18th March 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Member states in South-East Asia Region to urgently scale-up aggressive measures to combat COVID-19, as confirmed cases cross 480, and the disease…
Data as reported by national authorities by 10 AM CET 16 March 2020 HIGHLIGHTS Four new countries/territories/areas (African Region [2], European Region [1] and Region of the Americas [1]) in have reported cases of COVID-19…
13 new countries/territories/areas have reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The Director-General of WHO said yesterday that Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths…
All countries must strike a fine balance between protecting health, preventing economic and social disruption, and respecting human rights, says WHO DG New Delhi/ Geneva, 12th March 2020. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has…
Attacks on Ebola responders in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Plan launched on accelerating use of digital technologies to meet global public health needs. World Health Assembly resolution WHA/71 A71 on digital health underpins this work.
New evidence from a WHO-led study shows that more than one-third of women in four lower-income countries experienced mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities.
WHO advised against any restriction of travel to, and trade with, the Democratic Republic of the Congo based on the currently available information.
Regional Director for the WHO African Region visits disaster zone
