WHO has released a new guide to support countries in shifting away from institutionalized mental health care models focused on long-term stays in psychiatric hospitals towards person-centred care in ...

The WHO Youth Council launched its 2026–2028 term in Berlin on 9–10 October 2026, bringing together 25 youth-led and youth-serving organizations from around the world. Members reviewed progress from ...

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.

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can ...

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